The B-1B Lancer Problem As the U.S. military contemplates the future of its strategic bomber fleet, the B-1B Lancer finds itself in a challenging position.

The B-1B Lancer bomber will be able to use up to six Load Adaptable Modular pylons under the fuselage to carry heavy standoff munitions and hypersonic weapons.

Three U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers arrived in Norway on Aug. 9, 2025, to begin Ally-led training operations as part of the latest Bomber Task Force Europe 25-4B.

After some impressive years in service, ht e B-1B Lancer is on its way out of the US Air Force, but why now and what will come to replace the jet.

Even as the B-1B Lancer is on track to be retired in the mid-2030s to make way for the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the Air Force has continued to enhance its capabilities.

In response to the U.S. B-1B Lancer, Russia developed the Tu-160 in the 1980s. It is now the military bomber with the largest payload in the world.

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft and Allied fighter jets flying in formation over the Monument of Freedom in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 19, 2025. The Bomber Task Force Europe exercise demonstrated NATO ...

The only supersonic bomber in the US inventory, the B-1B, manages to carry 75,000 pounds of ordnance—slightly more than the B-52.

An Air Force colonel set to take over Ellsworth Air Force Base's 28th Bomb Wing later this month harshly criticized the culture of the South Dakota bomber squadrons he's preparing to oversee in a ...