The U.S. Air Force is giving its aging B-1B Lancer fleet a new lease on life with a major weapons upgrade, even as the bomber ...

The B-1 remains a combat-proven airframe capable of meeting today's combatant commanders' needs, and it will be a necessity as the Air Force modernizes its entire bomber force, including the B-21 ...

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 28th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 25, 2019. (U.S. Air Force/Joshua L. DeMotts) ...

The US Air Force ordered immediate inspections of its entire fleet of B-1 bombers Thursday over safety concerns related to its “drogue chute system” which is used to right the aircraft’s ...

In August, the Air Force held a demonstration of how the B-1 could be modified to incorporate four to eight new hypersonic weapons by shifting the bulkhead forward from a bomb bay on the aircraft ...

An Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber flew a mission in the Middle East on Wednesday—the second one in less than a week, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). “On November 8, ...

Washington — A B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota crashed Thursday, and all four of its crew members ejected, the Air Force said.. The B-1 crashed "at approximately ...

A B-1 bomber lands on the flightline during an Operational Readiness Exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 15, 2012. (Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada) By Wesley Morgan ...

Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has halted B-1 Lancer flights for at least two weeks as investigators begin probing what downed one of the bombers in a nonfatal crash last week.. Regular ...

The Air Force plans on retiring the B-1 bomber by 2036, while the B-52 is slated to remain active well into the 2040s and possibly beyond.

The Air Force says a B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota crashed Thursday, with all four of its crew members ejecting.

A B-1 Lancer bomber from the base crashed Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, with all four of its crew members ejecting, the Air Force said. Credit: AP/Arielle Zionts By The Associated Press Updated January ...