Cleavage Classroom: B-1B Lancer Facts (87 Photos)

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These are facts about one of the US Air Force’s greatest weapons: the B-1B Lancer.

“Lancer, that’s the name of my favorite toy…I’m going to read all of the FACTs”

Unlike most traditional bombers, the Lancer is FAST…

B-1 Bombers can put a single laser-guided bomb on a dot…

…or cover a huge area with its payload.
Boom, boom, BOOM.

…Boots-on-the-Ground call her,
“The BONE”.

Its flight characteristics make it almost like a fighter jet.

Because of both its speed and handling, the Lancer can be integrate into multiple Air Force strike packages.

She’s powered by four General Electric F-101-GE-102 turbofan engines.

Each engine churns out 30,000-plus-pound of thrust with afterburners.

Lancer’s carry the largest “variety” of payload munitions in the entire United States Air Force Inventory.

This payload record includes both guided and unguided bombs (B-52 has the “largest payload” but less variety).

Armament include:
-Up to 84 Mark 82 conventional 500-pounds bombs
-30 CBU-87/89/97
-24 JDAMS (2,000-pound GBU-31s)
-15 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (500-pound GBU-38s)
-8 Mk-65 Quick Strike 2,000-pound naval mines
-24 AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles
-it can be reconfigured for wide range of nuclear bombs

A crew of four is required to operate the Lancer.

The other 2 operate its complex systems such as the Synthetic Aperture Radar.

This complex radar is capable of tracking, targeting, and engaging moving vehicles, and features both terrain-following and self-targeting modes.

Its top speed is over Mach 2 (over 1,500mph).

In fact, the B-1 “R” proposed upgrade will uses new Pratt & Whitney F119 engines and give her a top speed of Mach 2.2…which is just shy of 1,700mph.

One of the unique reasons for this supersonic speed ability is the variable-sweep wing.At the time of design (back in the late 70’s), using a variable-sweep wing design was a gamble but that decision really paid-off.

Lancer’s are one of three strategic bombers in the US Air Force.
B-2 Stealth Spirit (Left)
B-52 Stratofortress (Center)
B-1B Lancer (Right)

The other 2 bombers are the B-2 Spirit (stealth bomber) and the B-52 Stratofortress.

In June of 1985 the first B-1B was delivered to Dyess Air Force Base.

At this point the final B-1B was delivered May 2, 1988…but that could change with the future B-1Rs.

As of Sept. of 2016 the USAF has a total inventory of 62 Lancers…ready to kick-a** in a moment’s notice.

Currently the B-1B holds almost 50 world records for speed, payload, range, and time of climb in its class.

The B-1B was first used in combat in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998.

In 1999, six B-1s were used in Operation Allied Force.

During Op. Allied Force, they delivered more than 20 percent of the total ordnance while flying less than 2 percent of the combat sorties.

During the first six months of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, eight Lancers dropped nearly 40 percent of the total ordnance delivered by coalition air forces.

This included nearly 3,900 JDAMs…67 percent of the total.

B1-B Lancers are expected to stay in service until the 2030s.That’s around 60 years of battle.

In total, the “Bone” has a max payload of 75 thousand pounds of “f*ck you”.

I believe this will go down as one of the most loved aircrafts ever made.

It’s not as sexy as the F-22 but it’s always ready for those who matter…the guys with boots on the ground.

Quick personal story:
I was just out at Nellis AFB with a group of Vets/other Chivers that let us on base.
They set up a flyby without telling me.
Wish that I knew b/c I didn’t have time to get camera out.
Lancer blew right over me. F’n AWESOME. -Rick

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