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How the B-1B turned into America’s heavy-hitter bomber no rival can copy
What will a bomb carrier of the Cold War become when the purpose of its creation is forgotten? The solution in the B-1B Lancer case has been an extended, gradual process of decreasing the Lancer to a ...
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The B-1B Lancer still hits hard but modern skies changed the rules
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 ...
The B-1 Lancer program was curtailed in the 1970s as an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. That changed when Ronald Reagan entered office. The B-1B Lancer was conceived as a key leg of America’s ...
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.
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