Among the three strategic bombers in the U.S. Air Force inventory (B-1, B-2, and B-52), the B-1 has several stand-out features. First, the B-1 is the fastest bomber in the stable; while the B-2 ...

Capable of carrying the heaviest payload of any USAF bomber (75,000 lbs, 34,000 kg), the aircraft took to the skies for the first time in 1974. One of the distinct features of the B-1 is its ...

MIKE POMPEO, EX-MILITARY OFFICIALS PROVIDE CAUTIOUS ASSESSMENT OF US AIRSTRIKES ON IRAN PROXIES The B-1s have the biggest ...

ACES II Ejection Seat to the Rescue The B ... 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. Its ...

Lockheed manufactured the first PV-1 Venturas in 1941 for use in England. By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its ... the B-25 bomber was also ...