B1 B Bomber

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Ok Guys..i am opening a thread on my favorite aircraft..hope you all enjoy.


Rockwell B-1 Lancer

The Rockwell (now part of Boeing) B-1 Lancer is a four-engine, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force. First envisioned in the 1960s as a supersonic bomber with sufficient range and payload to replace the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, it developed primarily into a low-level penetrator with long range and supersonic speed capability.

The bomber's development was delayed multiple times over its history, as the theory of strategic balance changed from flexible response to mutually assured destruction and back again. The initial B-1A version was developed in the early 1970s, but its production was canceled and only four prototypes were built. In 1980, the B-1 resurfaced as the B-1B version with the focus on low-level penetration bombing. The B-1B entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1986.

The B-1B began service with the USAF Strategic Air Command as a nuclear bomber. In the 1990s, it was converted to conventional bombing use. It was first used in combat during Operation Desert Fox in 1998 and during the NATO action in Kosovo the following year. The B-1B continues to support U.S. and NATO military in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Lancer is the supersonic component of the USAF's long-range bomber force, along with the subsonic B-52 and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. The bomber is commonly called the "Bone" (originally from "B-One"). With the retirement of the General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven in 1998 and the Grumman F-14 Tomcat in 2006, the B-1B is the U.S. military's only active variable-sweep wing aircraft.

 

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[Patriot]

Ugly but deadly bird.

 

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[kill_me]

who says its ugly its a beauty

 

[Super Falcon]

very very ugly but very very deadly with these carpet bombs

 

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Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder...for me its the most beautiful plane.

 

[forcetrip]

Thats probably the best looking bomber ever made.

 

[Bhairava]

Thats probably the best looking bomber ever made.

Nope...here are the Two best:


B 2 Spirit:

Tu-160 Blackjack:

 

[brahmastra]

I find it beautiful and deadly.

 

[indianpatriot]

USA is the most powerful nation...way ahead of anything in modern era and also in coming decades...Israel is mini US in all respect...wonder if Israel was as big as US...who would have been ruling this world????