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 ...
There are only 45 B-1Bs still in service in the U.S. Air Force, but the relevance of the aircraft in the present day is a mission that the designers never intended to emphasize: launching big ...