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Minuteman Missile and B-1B Lancer Strategic Bomber

The air & space museum is located at the entrance to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. At the museum, you can purchase tickets for a tour of the base and its sole remaining missile silo. Ellsworth Air Force Base is the home of the B-1B and the 28th Bomber Wing. With luck, you'll get to experience a B-1B flying overhead. The B-1B is a four-engine, variable sweep wing, supersonic bomber used by the U.S. Air Force. Designed by Rockwell International (now part of Boeing), the first production B-1B was rolled out on September 4, 1984. Max Speed: Mach 1.25 at high altitude. Max Range: 6,478 miles at low altitude. Ceiling: 60,000 ft.

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Uploaded on September 21, 2012
Taken on September 12, 2012