Rockwell B-1B Lancer #7 is a piece of digital artwork by Arthur Eggers which was uploaded on April 21st, 2021.
Rockwell B-1B Lancer #7
In order to optimize the health of the existing B-1B fleet and to begin making room for the B-21 Raider (coming 2023), the US Air Force has begun... more
Title
Rockwell B-1B Lancer #7
Artist
Arthur Eggers
Medium
Digital Art - Color Print
Description
In order to optimize the health of the existing B-1B fleet and to begin making room for the B-21 Raider (coming 2023), the US Air Force has begun divesting 17 Lancers from the fleet. Aircraft with the least amount of usable airframe life were chosen as those that would be divested. Aircraft 86-0101 "Watchman" was flown to Tinker AFB, OK on April 19, 2021 to become a structures prototyping evaluator. The initial B-1A version was developed in the early 1970s, but its production was canceled, and only four prototypes were built. The need for a new platform once again surfaced in the early 1980s, and the aircraft resurfaced as the B-1B version with the focus on low-level penetration bombing. In the 1990s, the B-1B was converted to conventional bombing use. It first served in combat during Operation Desert Fox in 1998 and again during the NATO action in Kosovo the following year. The B-1B has supported U.S. and NATO military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The B-1 received the official name "Lancer" on 15 March 1990. However, the bomber has been commonly called the "Bone". Of the 100 B-1Bs built, 93 remained in 2000. The USAF had 65 B-1Bs in service in September 2010, split between four squadrons organized into two Bomb Wings: the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas, and the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.
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April 21st, 2021
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