06/06/2026
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USAF Rockwell B-1B Lancer 86-134 ‘Thunder Bird’ assigned to 34th Bomb Squadron ‘Thunderbirds’ based at Ellsworth AFB holds short of Runway 09 at RAF Fairford. The Bone looks absolutely menacing sitting on the tarmac with its 4 General Electric F101-GE-102 engines whining. Designers changed the variable intakes on the A model to the fixed intakes on B model due to a change in the aircrafts mission set. Originally percieved as a high speed, high altitude supersonic bomber, the A model never saw service and the project was cancelled with just 4 prototypes manufactured. The B model was introduced as a low level penetrative strike aircraft with a total of 100 airframes built.
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