Someone correct me but I think this is the only variable geometry major milcraft left in the US arsenal after the put the F-14 to bed (which should NEVER have happened).
Posted on 05/02/2017 10:48:41 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
U.S. bombers, escorted by South Korean fighters, flew near the Korean Peninsula Monday, according to American military officials.
Two B-1B Lancers flew out of Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The bombers conducted “bilateral training missions with their counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japanese air forces,” Lt. Col. Lori Hodge, Pacific Air Forces public affairs deputy director, told reporters, according to DOD Buzz.
It is unclear how close the bombers were to the demilitarized zone, the divide between North and South Korea, or whether they were armed.
In recent weeks, the U.S. military has been moving high-level strategic assets to the peninsula. The nuclear-powered, Ohio-class submarine USS Michigan arrived in the South Korean port city of Busan recently, and a heavily-armed U.S. Navy carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson is operating in waters near Korea.
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That's right, fat boy. Were coming for you.
Someone correct me but I think this is the only variable geometry major milcraft left in the US arsenal after the put the F-14 to bed (which should NEVER have happened).
If the F-111’s are gone.
25% more payload than a B-52.
Dear China,
Bite me!
Love, the USA
Yup, replaced by the F-15E Strike Eagle for mid range and B1-B Lancer for long range.
Prettiest warbird in our current fleet.
I think one of the most beautiful planes ever built.
I wasn’t sure if we still had the ECW version
It’ll be sad to see it go when the B-21 comes.
I sure hope that the B-21 doesn’t sacrifice functionality for stealth.
Or, “Hey Little Kimchee Kimmie, you fart in our general direction and you are a dead man!”
Give ‘em the B-ONE!
First time I saw one doing touch and go’s at Dyess, I thought
“Aardvark with a thyroid problem!”, but I think it outclasses the 111 by a long shot.
Sorry, but I always found it funny that and Ohio class boomer is named “Michigan.” Just something ironic about that.
/Go Buckeyes!
Nah, China is about done with the Norks, too, esp. after fat boy threatened China. Oops, bad move.
Yup. That, the F22, and the B2 top the list IMHO.
Although I’m also partial to the A10 Warthog!
They used B-1s in Baghdad to do low-level, high-subsonic runs over the city. They called it something like Morale Suppression and was done when there was general unrest. As I recall it certainly seemed to calm things down.
“Nah, China is about done with the Norks, too, esp. after fat boy threatened China. Oops, bad move.”
Really, REALLY, getting tired of hearing this line of fantasy.
China and North Korea have a mutual defense treaty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-North_Korean_Mutual_Aid_and_Cooperation_Friendship_Treaty
It has not been repudiated. It is still in effect. Got it?
This is the reason why China recently sent 150,000 troops to the border of North Korea.
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