Originally conceived as a supersonic long-range strategic nuclear heavy bomber, the B-1 has evolved into a very effective multi-role conventional warplane. A product of the Cold War, the North ...

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing strategic bomber developed by Rockwell International and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). Alongside its subsonic stablemates, ...

The B-1 is the only supersonic bomber in America’s military arsenal. While it doesn’t carry nuclear weapons, it is still intensely lethal. We took a rare test flight. B-1 bomber with Forbes writer Jim ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The B-1B came back from the dead thanks to a doctrinal shift in how US bombers should operate and the need for a bridge ahead of the B-2 Spirit.

The United States Air Force has employed many types of bombers since it split off from the Army in 1947. While many outside the military know about bombers like the B-2 Spirit, that's only one of ...

The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the most robust fleet of strategic bombers on Earth. For a generation, the U.S.

A B-1B Lancer bomber that crashed while landing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, on Jan. 4, 2024, skidded 5,000 feet and then erupted into flames. The nearly $451 million bomber was a total ...