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Rockwell B-1 Lancer
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Rockwell B-1B in flight, bombing.
Role Strategic Bomber
National origin USA.
Manufacturer Rockwell
First flight 1974
Introduction 1986
Status Active
Primary user USA.
Produced Out of production.
Number built 104 examples

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a strategic bomber in the service of the US Air Force. It is a four-turbojet aircraft that uses a variable-sweep wing. It can carry nuclear weapons or classic bombs. It is only used by the USA.

Variants

  • Rockwell B-1A : Four examples, only used as prototype and test planes.
  • Rockwell B-1B : One hundred examples, used as bombers.

Simulacrum of supersonic strategic heavy bomber

Tupolev Tu-160 - Simulacrum of the B-1A - on TASS Official Infographic

Images for kids

  • RARF Antenna, Reflecting Array Radio Frequency, Raytheon, 1968-1969, Ku-band, over 3500 phase shifting modules, for the AN-APQ-140 radar - National Electronics Museum - DSC00376

    AN/APQ-140 radar for the B-1A

  • Rockwell B-1A 1

    B-1A prototype

  • B-1A underside 1982

    B-1A Prototype 4 showing its anti-flash white underside in 1981

  • B1A160wingsmuseum

    B-1A nose section with ejection capsule denoted. Three of the four B-1As were fitted with escape capsules.

  • USAF B-1A Lancer

    A Rockwell B-1A in 1984

  • First B-1, Palmdale

    The first B-1B debuted outside a hangar in Palmdale, California, 1984

  • A B-1 Lancer performs a fly-by during a firepower demonstration

    A B-1B banking during a demonstration in 2004

  • RIAT2004-B1B

    Rear view of a B-1B in flight, 2004

  • B-1cockpitnight

    A B-1B cockpit at night

  • AN-APQ-164 radar, Westinghouse, developed in 1982 - National Electronics Museum - DSC00384

    AN/APQ-164 passive electronically scanned array

  • A B-1B Lancer with a Sniper pod

    Nose of a B-1 showing the Sniper XR pod hanging below and triangular ride-control fins

  • Decommissioned B-1 Bomber Travels Along I-5 (6327003326)

    A dismantled decommissioned B-1 being transported by flatbed truck

  • B1s

    A B-1B with wings swept full forward

  • JDAM B-1B Lancer

    Transferring a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to a lift truck for loading onto a B-1B on 29 March 2007, in Southwest Asia

  • B1ArearWingsMus

    The rear section showing the B-1A's pointed radome

  • B-1 Lancer Night

    A 28th Bomb Wing B-1B on the ramp in the early morning at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota

  • B-1B Lancer On Display

    A B-1B on public display at Ellsworth AFB, 2003

  • Rockwell b-1b lancer af86-103 landing arp

    A B-1B arrives at Royal International Air Tattoo 2008

  • 18-37-242-B1

    A B-1B at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB

  • B-1B du NMUSAF

    A B-1B at the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, OH

  • B1 fire

    A B-1B with a brake fire after a hard landing at Rhein-Main AB, Germany, June 1994.

  • B-1 Dimensions from TO 00-105E-9

    B-1A orthographic projection

  • B1 Cockpit

    B-1B cockpit

  • B-1 Lancer bomb bay

    B-1B forward bomb bay fitted with a rotary launcher

See also

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