Boeing B-1 Lancer in action - Aircraft No. 179

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Название: Boeing B-1 Lancer in action - Aircraft No. 179

Серия: In action

Автор: Коллектив авторов

Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications

Страниц: 50

Формат: PDF

Размер: 13,4 Мб

Качество: Хорошее

Язык: Английский

Год издания: 2002

ISBN: 0897474368

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The Rockwell (now part of Boeing) B-1 Lancer is a four-engine, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force. First envisioned in the 1960s as a supersonic bomber with sufficient range and payload to replace the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, it developed primarily into a low-level penetrator with long range and supersonic speed capability.

The bomber's development was delayed multiple times over its history, as the theory of strategic balance changed from flexible response to mutually assured destruction and back again. The initial B-1A version was developed in the early 1970s, but its production was canceled and only four prototypes were built. In 1980, the B-1 resurfaced as the B-1B version with the focus on low-level penetration bombing. The B-1B entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1986.

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