The crew of a B-1B Lancer that crashed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota in January failed to properly manage the ...
First, the B-1 is the fastest bomber in the stable; while the B-2 and B-52 are limited to subsonic speeds (comparable to the commercial airliner you might take from Newark to O’Hare), the B-1 is ...
Last Wednesday’s emergency landing is the third incident ... to announce whether a third retired bomber could be returned to service to replace the B-1 that crashed at Ellsworth last year.
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.
Two US Air Force B-1 bombers joined three Philippine FA-50 fighter jets in air patrol and intercept exercises over Panatag ...
A 65-year-old B-52 Stratofortress landed safely at Offutt Air Force Base about two hours after declaring an emergency over Louisiana.
The fifth generation fighter F-35, the aerial refuelling tanker aircraft KC-135 Stratotanker, the supersonic heavy bomber B-1 bomber and F-16 fighter jet are among the aircraft from the United ...