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 Points and Summary - Dr. Brent M. Eastwood argues the B-1B Lancer still has a role, even as the Air Force eyes retirement and the stealthy B-21 Raider comes online in the 2030s. -The “Bone” is ...
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 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 ...