An Overview of the B-1B Lancer In the years immediately after the Second World War, U.S. officials recognized the need for a new, modern bomber able to match the payload of the Air Force’s B-52 ...

What You Need to Know: The B-1B Lancer, the U.S. Air Force’s only supersonic bomber, boasts a top speed of Mach 1.2 (900+ mph) despite its hefty 477,000-pound takeoff weight and 75,000-pound ...

The 412th Test Wing, along with Air Force Global Strike Command and industry partners, held an expanded carriage demonstration with the B-1B Lancer bomber at Edwards Air Force Base, California ...

It would seem unlikely that the Air Force's B-2s would sit out what has become a fan-favorite tradition. It provides a rare ...

In February, the Air Force announced that it will begin retiring the B-1B Lancer from service by divesting ... of the Air Force's future B-21 Raider bomber. "Beginning to retire legacy bombers ...

Dec. 6—GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE — A B-1B Lancer bomber on Thursday touched down at Grand Forks Air Force Base for the second time this year. It's one of two arriving at the base this week to ...

As of the beginning of 2024, six B-21 Raider prototype aircraft were already in distinct phases of production.

Dec. 6—GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE — A B-1B Lancer bomber touched down at Grand Forks Air Force Base on Thursday, the first of two arriving at the base this week. The rest of the B-1B bombers, ...

One senior military officer told NBC News that this ... give pilots more situational-awareness data in a user-friendly format. The B-1B Lancer, which was first used in combat in 1998, was heavily ...

After the cancellation of a more ambitious B-1A bomber in the 1970s, the less expensive B-1B was procured in the 1980s to penetrate Soviet airspace at low altitude and deliver nuclear strikes.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to take “the highest level of a hard-line countermeasure” in response to U.S.

Dec. 6—GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE — A B-1B Lancer bomber on Thursday touched down at Grand Forks Air Force Base for the second time this year. It's one of two arriving at the base this week to help ...