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1 posted on 11/01/2021 1:34:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Gorgeous airplanes, those B-1s. I used to watch them do touch and goes at Hill AFB in Utah. With the wings extended out they look like swans.


2 posted on 11/01/2021 1:36:03 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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A B-1B Bomber That Just Circumnavigated The Arabian Peninsula Has Stunning Photos To Show For It
Fighters from Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and Bahrain joined the swing-wing bomber on its journey around one of the world's toughest neighborhoods.
By Tyler Rogoway October 31, 2021


3 posted on 11/01/2021 2:33:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: BenLurkin

Need better pic.
Can’t see the “Let’s Go Brandon” tail sticker.


5 posted on 11/01/2021 2:36:37 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: BenLurkin

Really good message there,send a B-1 stealth bomber over Iran. They never saw it so how did they “get the message”?

Try sending a good old fashioned B-52 fully dressed out AND visible and really send a message!


17 posted on 11/01/2021 6:11:43 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Still a Deplorable, a 'Clinger', a Christian 'Infidel', an American & 'vast right-wing conspirator')
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To: BenLurkin

B1-B:

Specifications
Primary Function: Long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber
Builder: Rockwell International, North American Aircraft
Operations Air Frame and Integration: Offensive avionics, Boeing Military Airplane; defensive avionics, AIL Division
Power Plant: Four General Electric F-101-GE-102 turbofan engine with afterburner
Thrust: 30,000-plus pounds (13,500-plus kilograms) with afterburner, per engine
Length: 146 feet (44.5 meters)
Wingspan: 137 feet (41.8 meters) extended forward,
79 feet (24.1 meters) swept aft
Height: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Weight: Empty, approximately 190,000 pounds (86,183 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 477,000 pounds (214,650 kilograms)
Speed: 600+ mph (Mach .92) @ 500 feet
825 mph (Mach 1.25) @ 50,000 feet
Rotate and Takeoff Speeds: 210 Gross - 119 Rotate kts / 134 kts Takeoff
390 Gross - 168 kts Rotate / 183 kts Takeoff
Landing Speeds: 210 Gross - 145 kts
380 Gross - 195 kts
Range: 7,455 miles, unrefueled
3,444 miles with normal weapons load
Ceiling: 60,000 feet (18,000 meters)
Crew: Four (aircraft commander, pilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)


19 posted on 11/01/2021 6:22:15 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (This will be a hot extract.)
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