Ellsworth AFB reopens runway following B-1 crash The four members of the bomber's air crew ejected during the crash; two ...

After the cancellation of a more ambitious B-1A bomber in the 1970s, the less expensive B-1B was procured in the 1980s to penetrate Soviet airspace at low altitude and deliver nuclear strikes.

The B-1B bomber, also known as Lancer ... It has an intercontinental flight range and can fly at Mach 1.2, faster than the speed of sound. The Lancer, which is no longer equipped for nuclear ...