Aerospace & Defense
Move Over, B-21 Raider Bomber: The US Air Force B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit Won’t Be Retired Afterall
The B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers are old by any standard but still some of the most powerful platforms the US Air Force...
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The B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers are old by any standard but still some of the most powerful platforms the US Air Force...
The US Air Force had plans to start winding down the B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bomber fleets. That seems on hold with upgrades...
Operational demand and aircraft losses have reversed the drawdown. The Air Force is regenerating 1980s B-1B Lancer airframes from desert storage at the same...
Six months of American and Israeli air attacks destroyed Iranian radars, command centers and S-300 batteries. They did not destroy the network. The proof...
While it still lacks the stealth capabilities of the B-2, the B-1B’s larger payload capacity and integration of stand-off munitions have made it a...
Four F119 engines, a fighter's radar, AMRAAMs on reactivated hardpoints, and Mach 2.2 in exchange for 20 percent of the B-1B's range: Boeing's B-1R...
The US Air Force's B-1B Lancer has evolved from a 1980s supersonic nuclear-penetration bomber into a premier conventional, long-range precision-strike platform. Iran has no...
Iran entered the 2025 and 2026 wars with Russian S-300s, domestic Bavar-373s and layered defenses. Israel broke open routes with stealth, intelligence and suppression...
Built for low-altitude nuclear attack, the B-1B became a precision bomber, close-air-support platform and long-range anti-ship missile carrier. New external pylons, digital cockpit systems...
Ask almost anyone and they'll tell you the B-1B went conventional in the 1990s. The real ending involved welding torches, severed wiring, a treaty...