Marking 40 years of service, the B-1B Lancer remains a cornerstone of US conventional airpower, capable of long-range strikes, soon to be phased out as the B-21 Raider enters service.

All the facts you need: The U.S. Air Force is reactivating and modernizing B-1B Lancer bombers to bridge the gap caused by delays in the B-21 Raider program. -Despite being an older platform, the ...

What You Need to Know Right Now: The U.S. Air Force is reactivating and modernizing retired B-1B Lancer bombers to bridge its bomber fleet gap amid delays in the B-21 Raider program.This spring ...

The B-1B Lancer, nicknamed the Bone, can exceed 900 miles per hour (Mach 1.2 at sea level) thanks to its four General Electric F101-GE-102 turbofan engines.

B-1B Lancer Bomber: Getting the Warbird Back in the Sky Production of the Rockwell-made supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber entered in 1988. A total of 104 B-1s were produced, but fewer ...

The B-1's development began in the 1970s as an intended replacement for the aging B-52. Before it could be introduced, a variant model, the B-1B Lancer, was produced in 1981, improving the ...