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Volume up! Cool video features the loudest B-1B Lancer takeoff ever – The Aviation Geek Club

Filmed at RAF Fairford on Jun. 18, 2023, the cool video in this post features a very loud B-1B Lancer takeoff. Filmed by our friend Dafydd Phillips at RAF Fairford on Jun. 18, 2023, the cool video in this post features a very loud B-1B Lancer takeoff. Phillips explains; ‘A trip to RAF Fairford to …

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The B-1B is so noisy that when the second Lancer was about to arrive at Dyess AFB rumors spread that the noise from the bomber would smash all the windows of the nearby city of Abilene – The Aviation Geek Club

The bomber conducted a flyover of the city of Abilene before landing. Rumors spread widely that the noise from the bomber would break windows all over town. This, of course, did not happen, but the first rumble of the B-1B was satisfyingly loud. The B-1 Lancer is a swing-wing bomber intended for high-speed, low-altitude penetration …

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B-1 baby on board: Meet Maj. Lauren Olme, the first USAF Aviatrix to fly during pregnancy – The Aviation Geek Club

Baby Olme, who is expected to arrive in April 2023, has become one of the first babies in the Department of Defense to clock 9.2 hours in a supersonic aircraft. As Maj. Lauren Olme, 77th Weapons Squadron assistant director of operations, fires up the engines of a B-1 Lancer on Dyess Air Force Base, she …

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Dyess B-1B Lancer strategic bombers conduct missions and training in Alaska, South America – The Aviation Geek Club

B-1B bombers from Dyess AFB, Texas, were everywhere from south of the equator to just outside the Arctic circle last week as they flew missions and training exercises across the Western hemisphere. B-1B bombers from Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, were everywhere from south of the equator to just outside the Arctic circle last …

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Videos show B-1B Lancer strategic bomber catching fire during engine maintenance on the flightline at Dyess Air Force Base – The Aviation Geek Club

Filmed on Apr. 20, 2022 the videos in this post show a B-1B Lancer strategic bomber catching fire during routine engine maintenance while parked on the flightline at Dyess Air Force Base. Filmed on Apr. 20, 2022 the videos (posted by Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page and by 3W Daily YouTube channel) in this post …

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Latest avionics software update for the B-1B Lancer fleet tested during 30 hour two-ship CONUS to CONUS Bomber Task Force sortie – The Aviation Geek Club

As part of the Sensors Forward initiative which uses updated software and processes to leverage resident B-1 Electronic Warfare capability, Sustainment Block-18 is the next major avionics software update for the B-1B Lancer fleet. The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed a test of the Sustainment Block-18 avionics software and achieved long-range communications utilizing Joint …

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Take-offs, touch and goes and steep banking climbs: cool video shows USAF B-1B bombers operations at RAF Fairford – The Aviation Geek Club

The cool video in this post features U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer strategic bombers operations at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford. Taken on Oct. 13, 2021 by our friend Dafydd Phillips, the cool video in this post features US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer strategic bombers operations at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford. ‘A …

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Boeing aims to start testing external hypersonic missile pylon for B-1 Lancer bomber in September 2022 – The Aviation Geek Club

Since the B-52 is up for modernization and until the full use of the B-21, which is due at Dyess no earlier than the mid-2020s, it’s essential that the B-1 continue to be a first-choice bomber option. On Sep. 28, 2021 two Boeing officials attended the quarterly meeting of the Military Affairs Committee of the …

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