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Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dustin Duncan, and USAF SSGT Brian Trainer, Hydraulic Technicians, 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), install a control valve on a weapons bay power drive unit
US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Anthony Hoyla, with the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD), uses a Borescope during a routine inspection of a B-1B Lancer bomber engine
US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Charles Stull, from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 28th Bomb Wing (BW), Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD), services a drive gear box on a B-1B Lancer bomber prior to the aircrafts deployment
US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ernest Scheetz, Electrical and Environmental Journeyman and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Troy Rausch, Structural Maintenance Technician, 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), prepare to fix a hydraulic systems leak on a B-1B Lancer
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A US Air Force (USAF) 28th Bomb Wing (BW) B-1B Lancer, multi-role, long-range strategic bomber lands at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD), after completing a training mission
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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dean Schmitt, from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 28th Bomb Wing (BW), Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), uses an MHU-196 munitions handling trailer to load munitions into a B-1B Lancer bomber in preparation for its real world deployment
Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dustin Duncan, and USAF SSGT Brian Trainer, Hydraulic Technicians, 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), install a control valve on a weapons bay power drive unit
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber built by Rockwell and used by the United States Air Force. It is commonly called the "Bone" (from "B-One"). It is one of three strategic bombers in the U.S. Air Force fleet as of 2018, the other two being the B-2 Spirit and the B-52 Stratofortress. The B-1 was first envisioned in the 1960s as a platform that would combine the Mach 2 speed with the range and payload of the B-52. After a long series of studies, Rockwell International (now part of Boeing) won the design contest for what emerged as the B-1A. This version had a top speed of Mach 2.2 at high altitude and the capability of flying for long distances at Mach 0.85 at very low altitudes. The introduction of cruise missiles and early work on the stealth bombers led to the program being canceled in 1977. The program was restarted in 1981, largely as an interim measure due to delays in the B-2 stealth bomber program, with the B-2 eventually reaching initial operational capability in 1997. This led to a redesign as the B-1B, which differed from the B-1A by having a lower top speed at a high altitude of Mach 1.25, but improved low-altitude performance of Mach 0.96. The electronics were also extensively improved during the redesign, and the airframe was improved to allow takeoff with the maximum possible fuel and weapons load. The B-1B began deliveries in 1986 and formally entered service with Strategic Air Command (SAC) as a nuclear bomber in that same year. By 1988, all 100 aircraft had been delivered. Originally designed for nuclear capabilities, the B-1 switched to an exclusively conventional combat role in the mid-1990s.