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U.S. Air Force Bomber Sustainment and Modernization
The United States’ existing long-range bomber fleet of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s are at a critical point in their operational life span. With the average age of each airframe being 50, 28, and 20 years old, respectively, military analysts are beginning to question just how long these aircraft can physically last and continue to be [...]
Air Combat Command stands down units due to budget cuts
Air Force officials will begin to stand down active-duty combat units starting April 9 to ensure the remaining units supporting worldwide operations can maintain sufficient readiness through the remainder of the fiscal year. The stand down is the result of cuts to Air Combat Command’s operations and maintenance account, which must be implemented in part [...]
Airmen Gear Up for Largest B-1 Modification
Members of the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron are gearing up for the largest B-1 Lancer modification in program history, as part of the Integrated Battle Station and Sustainment-Block 16 upgrade. Because of the magnitude of this upgrade, additional work is being done to make sure members of the 337th TES are ready to test [...]
Lancers, Falcons share South Dakota skies
The skies above Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., are routinely filled with B-1 bombers, but during Sept. 17 to 21, base bombers shared the airspace and ramp area with several South Dakota Air National Guard F-16s during a Guard training exercise. The 114th Fighter Wing Fighting Lobos headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D., came to Ellsworth [...]
Northrop Grumman Delivers First B-1 Radar Modification Kit
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first B-1 bomber radar prime mission equipment kit under a series of U.S. Air Force contracts worth a combined total of $161 million for the B-1′s Radar Reliability and Maintainability Program (RMIP). One radar kit has since been installed on a B-1 aircraft based at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. [...]
B-1 aircrews make history by employing laser JDAMS
B-1 Lancer aircrews from here employed laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions against moving targets during a weapon system evaluation program exercise May 14 through 16. Aircrews from the 37th Bomb Squadron and 34th BS employed six GBU-54 laser JDAMs against targets on the Utah Test and Training Range near Hill Air Force Base, Utah, as [...]
B1s get new braking system
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE: It can generate more than 30,000 pounds of thrust and reach speeds greater than 900 MPH, but can it stop safely after reaching such speeds? Thanks to an ongoing brake modification of the B-1B Lancer, the aircraft has a new, more effective means of coming to a stop. The modification, which [...]
B-1 carries record-setting missile load
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: A Dyess Air Force Base B-1B Lancer carried a full load of 24 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missiles on a flight over the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 7 — a first for the B-1 and AGM-158. “The mission was a success,” said Maj. Brian Owen, the chief of wing weapons [...]
Flight Testing Begins on B-1 with New Link 16 Communications
LONG BEACH, Calif: The Boeing Company today announced the start of flight tests for a B-1 Lancer bomber upgraded with new digital avionics for the aft cockpit, including a line-of-sight Link 16 data link. The B-1 Fully Integrated Data Link (FIDL) made its first flight test on June 4 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. [...]
