The B-1B Lancer has long been one of the most capable bomber aircraft ever produced. Able to fly supersonic (and at extremely ...

The average age of a B-1 bomber is 34.5 years, and the entire fleet is set to be retired in the early 2030s as the B-21 Raider starts entering service.

Fewer Than Ten B-1 Bombers Are Ready for Action; The B-1B will be replaced by the B-21 Raider bomber in the late 2020s to early 2030s. In the meantime, the B-1 is still picking up new jobs before ...

Aging B-1 Bomber May Soon Have to Restrict the Way it Flies A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron out of Al Udeid Air ...

A B-1 bomber lands on the flightline during an Operational Readiness Exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 15, 2012. (Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada) ...

A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron takes off. The B-1 has been targeted for retirement, but the head of Global Strike Command would love to see them stick around ...

The B-1 remains a combat-proven airframe capable of meeting today's combatant commanders' needs, and it will be a necessity as the Air Force modernizes its entire bomber force, including the B-21 ...

Together with the B-52, the B-1 is an important strategic bomber. Like many warplanes since the end of the Cold War, the B-1B bomber’s role in American airpower has changed to embrace new missions.

After no fewer than four bomber studies, the B-1A bomber first flew in January 1974. High altitude and high speed had won out—the B-1A was capable of Mach 2.22 at a height of fifty thousand feet.