Rockwell B-1B Lancer 85-0065 "Li'l Chief" 28BS, 7 BW, Dyess AFB at the 2012 "Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona" Open House at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
About the Rockwell B-1 Lancer
The B-1 owns its existence indirectly to the shooting down over the Soviet Union of the U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers. That incident made apparent that the era of high-altitude bomber raids was over, killed by the advancement of Surface-to-Air Missiles and prompting the cancellation in 1961 of the Mach 3-capable XB-70 Valkyrie bomber. This started a lengthy study for a new bomber able of low altitude penetration of enemy airspace and supersonic speeds, similarly to the F-111 Aardvark but with greater payload and range.
85-0065 Arrival Date 26-SEP-2012 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309th AMARG).
Rockwell B-1B Lancer
PCN6925
Code DY
CN25
Unit 28th Bomb Squadron/7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.
Arrival Date26-SEP-2012
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Departure Date
Disposition
Rockwell B-1B Lancer 85-0065 "Li'l Chief" 28BS, 7 BW, Dyess AFB at the 2012 "Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona" Open House at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
About the Rockwell B-1 Lancer
The B-1 owns its existence indirectly to the shooting down over the Soviet Union of the U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers. That incident made apparent that the era of high-altitude bomber raids was over, killed by the advancement of Surface-to-Air Missiles and prompting the cancellation in 1961 of the Mach 3-capable XB-70 Valkyrie bomber. This started a lengthy study for a new bomber able of low altitude penetration of enemy airspace and supersonic speeds, similarly to the F-111 Aardvark but with greater payload and range.
85-0065 Arrival Date 26-SEP-2012 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309th AMARG).
Rockwell B-1B Lancer
PCN6925
Code DY
CN25
Unit 28th Bomb Squadron/7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.
Arrival Date26-SEP-2012
Notes
Departure Date
Disposition