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| B-1 Lancer | ||
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| Description | ||
| Role | Heavy bomber | |
| Crew | Four (aircraft commander, copilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer) | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 147 ft | 44.81 m |
| Wingspan | 136 ft 8.5 in extended forward 78 ft 2.5 in swept aft | 41.67 m 23.84 m |
| Height | 34 ft | 10.36 m |
| Wing area | 1,950 ft² | 181.2 m² |
| Weights | ||
| Empty | 192,000 lb | 87,090 kg |
| Loaded | ||
| Maximum take-off | 477,000 lb | 216,365 kg |
| Powerplant | ||
| Engines | Four General Electric F-101-GE-102 turbofan engines with afterburner | |
| Thrust | 30,000 lbf | 133 kN |
| Performance | ||
| Maximum speed | 826 mph ( Mach 1.25) | 1,329 km/h |
| Combat range | 1,267 mi | 2,037 km |
| Ferry range | 6,449 mi | 10,377 km |
| Service ceiling | 60,000 ft | 18,300 m |
| Rate of climb | ||
| Armament | ||
| Bombs | 3 internal bays and 6 external hardpoints for 75,000 lb (internal) and 59,000 lb (external) ordnance | |
The Boeing IDS (formerly Rockwell) B-1B Lancer is a long-range heavy bomber in service with the USAF since 1986. Together with the B-52 Stratofortress it is the backbone of the United States's long-range bomber force.
The B-1 was conceived as the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft (AMSA) program circa 1965. After a prolonged development period, the contract was awarded in 1970 to Rockwell International. The first of four prototype B-1A models flew on December 23 1974. Intended as a high-speed, long-range bomber capable of a supersonic low-level dash and Mach 2.5 at altitude, the B-1A never went into production. The program was canceled in 1977, although flight test of the four B-1A models continued through 1981. One of these aircraft now resides at the United States Air Force Museum in DaytonDayton is the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 166,179. The city is in the southwest quarter of the state. Most official and government designations place it in west-central Ohio. Name and history, OhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the northeastern corner of the United States. It was the first and eastern-most state in the Midwest admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance. postal abbreviation is OH its old-style abbreviation is O. Ohio is an I.
The ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan ( February 6, 1911 June 5, 2004) was the 40th ( 1981 1989) President of the United States and the 33rd ( 1967 1975) Governor of California. Reagan was also an actor in films before entering politics. Early life and career Reagan was b administration restarted the B-1 program in 1981, originally as an interim bomber in anticipation of the stealthy Advanced Technology Bomber (which emerged as the B-2 SpiritB-2 Spirit Description RoleMulti-role Heavy bomber CrewTwo Dimensions Length69 ft21 m Wingspan172 ft52. 4 m Height17 ft5. 2 m Wing area> 5,000 ft²> 464. 5 m² Weights Empty~ 158,000 lb71,668 kg Loaded Maximum take-off336,500 lb152,600 kg Powerplant Engines. The first production model of the revised B-1B first flew in October 1984This is a list of aviation-related events from 1984: Events February February 21 14 hours and 2 minutes after taking off from New York, Air France pilot Patrick Fourticq and his companion, race driver Henry Pescarolo, land their Piper Malibu in Paris, set, and the first B-1B was delivered to Dyess Air Force BaseDyess Airforce Base is located in Texas, just west of the city of Abilene. The city of Abilene obtained and provided to the Department of Defense 6,409 acres (26 km²) for a military installation. Ground-breaking ceremonies occurred on the base on Septembe, TexasTexas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845. It has the postal abbreviation TX . The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas meaning friends or allies Spanish explorers mistakenly applied t, in June 1985, with initial operational capability on October 1, 1986. The final B-1B was delivered May 2, 1988.
A total of 100 front-line aircraft were produced at a cost of over $200 million each. After several write-offs, 93 remained by the turn of the century. In 2003 the USAF decided to retire 33 of the B-1Bs to concentrate its budget on maintaining availability of the remaining aircraft, although in 2004 a new appropriations bill called for some of the retired aircraft to return to service. It currently appears that the USAF will return seven or eight of the mothballed bombers, giving a total force of 67-68 aircraft, with the rest cannibalized for spares.
The B-1B did not have a popular name during its early USAF service. By the time it was given the official popular name "Lancer" in 1990 it had already become known to its crews as the "Bone" (a corruption of "B one," also said to be inspired by its somewhat eerie shape).