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U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Corey Hook

A B-1B Lancer at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Daktoa. Last year airmen at Ellsworth launched for strikes against Libya within 40 hours after being told of the mission.

1 posted on 04/09/2012 9:37:17 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

The thing that makes the B1 cool is that it can project power anywhere in the world in probably 48 hours or less, and while everyone is watching the fireworks, the rest of us are already on station or on the way


2 posted on 04/09/2012 9:42:26 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Great pic! Ellsworth? Thought it looked familiar.


3 posted on 04/09/2012 9:55:38 PM PDT by GBA (America has been infected. Be the cure!)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

ah yes Dak To. Great NCO club.


4 posted on 04/09/2012 10:00:30 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: sukhoi-30mki

A truly amazing aircraft.


5 posted on 04/09/2012 10:05:07 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

How many of these bombers do we have?


6 posted on 04/09/2012 10:14:11 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
An old Family friend helped design and build that Airplane.

I still think it is one of the most beautiful birds out there.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Jimmy Carter still sucks as bad as the day he canceled the original B-1 Bomber.

9 posted on 04/09/2012 10:25:40 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

FYI- Google has 100 built.


12 posted on 04/09/2012 10:59:02 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

So the Bone is essentially an A-10 with 100 bombs on board.

Cool!

Still the prettiest plane in the inventory.


17 posted on 04/10/2012 12:24:47 PM PDT by hattend (Jesus wants me to make churches pay for abortions. - Barack Obama)
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To: sukhoi-30mki; Jeff Head

I wonder if you can sling rotary launchers in the bomb bays and fill ‘em up with Harpoons? Just think, a squadron of B-1Bs with that sort of load out could lay waste to most of the Chinese surface fleet...
Probably PO the USN, though.


18 posted on 04/10/2012 12:30:55 PM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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