Despite the B-21 Raider’s progress, the U.S. Air Force still needs the B-1B Lancer into the 2030s as a crucial bridge due to ...

Four B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, were dispatched to Japan for the Bomber Task Force mission. They arrived last ...

The B-1B Lancer bomber will be able to use up to six Load Adaptable Modular pylons under the fuselage to carry heavy standoff munitions and hypersonic weapons. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a ...

Even as the B-1B Lancer is on track to be retired in the mid-2030s to make way for the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the Air Force has continued to enhance its capabilities. This week, aerospace giant ...

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At its first participation in Red Flag in three years, B-1B Lancer bombers of the 9th Bomb Squadron (9th BS) “Bats” from Dyess AFB, Texas, flew daily round-trip sorties to the Nevada Test and Firing ...

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft and Allied fighter jets flying in formation over the Monument of Freedom in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 19, 2025. The Bomber Task Force Europe exercise demonstrated NATO air ...

The origins of American-made bomber aircraft go back to the first World War with the introduction of the Martin Aircraft GMB-1, which was launched in 1918. From this early aircraft made of fabric and ...