B-1 bomber crash report blasts crew mistakes, culture of …
Jul 25, 2024 · The crew of a B-1B Lancer that crashed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota in January failed to properly manage the bomber’s airspeed and angle of approach while landing, a scathing...
Ellsworth B-1 bomber joins Japan, and Republic of Korea in …
Nov 6, 2024 · A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron takes off at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 2, 2024. The lethal, long-range strike capabilities provided by strategic bombers influence the decision making of our nation’s competitors and adversaries by ensuring they know that the cost of military aggression would be outweighed by any ...
Here’s ‘Lancelot’, The B-1B Resurrected From The Boneyard
Apr 9, 2024 · A B-1B Lancer bomber of the 7th Bomb Wing, serial 85-0089, experienced a fire engine failure during routine maintenance at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on April 20, 2022. Contents. “Lancelot” was...
'Lancelot,' an Aging B-1B Bomber, Is Being Pulled Out of ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Air Force maintenance teams are pulling a decommissioned B-1B Lancer bomber out of the boneyard and plan to put it back into active-duty service to replace another Lancer that was damaged in...
Modernized ‘BEAST’ B-1 Bomber Makes First Flight - Air Force …
Oct 6, 2023 · The 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launched a B-1B Lancer on Sept. 8 that received a slew of technology upgrades through a new program designed to modernize the aging bomber fleet much faster than usual.
Air Force finishes latest round of B-1B bomber retirements
Sep 24, 2021 · The Air Force finished retiring 17 B-1B Lancer bombers this week, its first step toward divesting the entire fleet within the next two decades.
B-1 Lancer conducts bombing drill on Korean Peninsula for ...
Jun 5, 2024 · CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A B-1B Lancer bomber made a live-fire demonstration over the South’s airspace for the first time in seven years, the Air Force announced Wednesday. The Lancer...
B-1B Lancer “Lancelot” Set to Rejoin Fleet - Air Force Global ...
Apr 4, 2024 · A decommissioned B-1B Lancer aircraft was pulled from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona to rejoin the Air Force's Strategic Bomber Fleet and recently arrived at Tinker AFB to begin the,
B-1B Lancer - The Boeing Company
Nicknamed “The Bone,” the B-1B Lancer is a long-range, multi-mission, supersonic conventional bomber, which has served the United States Air Force since 1985. The aircraft is on track to continue flying, at current demanding operations tempo, out to 2040 and beyond, and Boeing partners with the Air Force to keep the B-1 mission ready.
B-1B Bomber Spotted For The First Time Carrying New ...
Jun 7, 2024 · A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber was spotted flying over the Mojave desert with an interesting detail under its fuselage: the BONE (from “B-One”, as the aircraft is unofficially nicknamed)...