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When Carter killed the B-1 Bomber
Both of us were urging members of Congress walking through the door to vote to end production of the B-1 bomber. “What,” you ...
The B-1 Lancer is not just any bomber. It is the most powerful bomber ever built. Featuring four rocket ship-like afterburner ...
Strategic jet bombers are used to deliver nuclear and conventional ordnance to all parts of the world. These are the ones ...
The B-2 can carry up to 40,000 pounds of weaponry within two separate weapons bays positioned in the center of the aircraft.
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.
"This gets the B-1 into the larger weapons ... For the demonstration, the bomber was also outfitted with an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile attached to a pylon, which was attached ...
Arcadia native and former B-2 pilot Col. Butler provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Air Force executes this ...
The PV-1 bomber, which also bore four guns, flew successful missions throughout the war. North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one ...
Once ahead of the development of the B-1 bomber, and again in 1996, and both times, the project was rejected. Since then, the engines have only gotten older, thus leading to the USAF opening up ...