The B-1B Lancer has spent recent years shuttling between deployments and groundings as maintainers struggle to keep a shrinking fleet airworthy. In fiscal year 2023 its mission capable rate fell below ...

Key Takeaways - The B-1B Lancer was born as a low-level nuclear penetrator aimed at the Soviet Union, then reinvented as America’s high-capacity precision bomber. -From late-1990s Iraq to Kosovo, ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, ...