When a USAF B-1B Lancer begins its takeoff roll the experience is immediate and physical. The engines surge the air compresses and the ground starts to vibrate under sheer thrust. From close range the ...

Key Points and Summary - The B-1B Lancer’s arc is uniquely American: canceled as the B-1A by Carter, resurrected by Reagan as the B-1B, sidelined for Desert Storm, then reborn as a conventional strike ...