A B-1B dropping a stick of retarded Mk 82 bombs, fitted with AIR tails.Photo from Airforce Technology
B-1B Lancer Fleet To The Boneyard? -- Defense Tech
Back to the Title 10 side of the house for a moment; the Air Force Council meets today to consider further cuts in aircraft to meet aggressive savings targets laid out by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. One option on the table: early retirement of all 66 B-1B Lancer bombers (the last delivery of which came back in 1988).
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My Comment: Defense Tech is the only website that I know that has put a "heads-up" on this possibility. I am sure that isf this is true more information will be released in the next few days .... but I will be surprised if they decide to go this route. Why .... it is only yesterday that I read on how Boeing has started flight testing new digital avionics in the aft cockpit of B-1 Lancer bombers. Why are they spending money on a program that is about to be canceled .... then again .... this is not the first time that something like this happened.
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