the B-52 is the most successful air platform in military history, and the plans are to keep using it for at least another 40 years, which is mind-blowing when you consider how old it is...
I live 1 mile from McConnell AFB. B-1'S were stationed there in the 90's / early 2000's. Those afterburners were a daily earthquake and it was glorious.
You never know, the military could maybe find some use for a stealthier refueler for other stealth fighters... it has the capacity to carry a lot of weight.
you really need to see the National Museum of the US Air Force near Dayton, OH when you're back in the States- you'll absolutely love it...went for the first time ever last year, and spent three days of awe there...they have over 350 aircraft from almost 100 years of military aircraft history....they have a B1, as well as the only surviving XB-70 Valkyrie on the planet (and, admission/parking are "free"...)...
Still in service, and our only supersonic bomber. The B-2, 21 and 52 are all subsonic (Mach 0.99 or lower speeds) and are more like semi trucks to the B-1s sportier speed.
It comes down to $. The cost of maintenance, operational costs and modernization vs simply building the latest modern gear that is stealthier will last another 50 + yrs. I'm not smart enough to make those assessments, but they are in play.
It'll be long and hard and can go all night long.....What? We're talking about a bomber here, right? Dropping little white bombs everywhere over the bushes......There's no way out of these innuendos. At the very least, they'll need to develop a launch platform that can be dragged behind the B-1R filled with a new ordinance called the Tactical Bomber Anti-Ground Rockets.....or T-BAGR.
Absolutely beautiful plane. I haven't seen one fly but have walked around one. Had a model of one as a kid. The location at the end with it landing is Nellis AFB, just north of Las Vegas. The buildings are the casinos on the Vegas strip.
I've seen one, once, in flight, at Beale AFB (CA)... So beautiful, gracefully nimble, and quick, despite it's vast size. I would love to see one in flight, again.
I have watched a B-1 showing off at very LOW altitude . It is a fairly large plane with awesome sounding engines . When it breaks the tree line overhead you more than just feel it. To see it increase altitude and airspeed , while the wing sweeps back , is beautiful to see . Then BANG! IT"S GONE. (but you still feel it)
If you visit Pima Air & Space Museum in AZ you can do a bus tour at Davis-Monthan AFB and see AMARG aka The Boneyard. There are over 20 B1-Bs sitting in Storage
When my sons were young, we were in the Boy Scouts. While we were at summer camp in southeast Kansas I noticed one of the Fellow Scoutmasters walking out of the headquarters and looking up in the sky, while talking on his cellphone. I asked him "What's up?" He said to me, "get yourself to a clear area in 20 min, you'll get to see something impressive!" He was right, a flight of 4 B1b bombers flew over the camp with afterburners on!!! The boys were 'blown away'! Later on in the week, the planes made another appearance by flying over the lake 4 times with the last time, one of the planes pointed his nose skyward and went to afterburners and REALLY impressed the boys. The planes had been housed at McConnel AFB in Wichita, Kansas.
7:50 That's not a real bomb. That looks like an inert MK-83 or MK-84. The MK-82 is 500lbs, the MK-83 is 1000lbs, and the MK-84 is 2000lbs. It's painted blued which means inert (for training and testing.) I was an Aviation Ordnanceman for 8 years on the USS Kearsarge LHD-3.
Good reaction. Two points though, not only can the Bone carry more ordinance than the Buff (B-52), but the speed has figured in the Afghanistan war. Being able to fly mach 1.2, there were instances where B-1B's were able to do close air support missions for ground forces in dire need far faster than any other aircraft. They could literally fly across Afghanistan in a few minutes and drop bombs. The problem is their low numbers make them more expensive to fly.
Being in the USAF I’ve only seen in person the A-10, F15 eagle, F16 fighting falcon, SR-71 blackbird , the B-2 spirit and various cargo plans but never the B-1B. I really wish I could’ve seen this plane in person because it looks really cool.
@@AlexisLopez-pb8ms I gotcha, im pretty sure the do an airshow every year in Abilene ik they did one on base last year and one at Abilene regional and both times B-1Bs did a fly over
The bombs are great except for when we drop a 1/4 of a million dollar bomb on a $100 mud shack and the target we were looking for isn't there. Happens way more than what you may think. Just like I’ve seen personally, hmvs dropped in by air and the parachutes don’t open right and the whole vehicle explodes on impact.
I wouldn't say that the B-52 "evolved" much. It's always been pretty much what it's always been... .. a way to dump a whole bunch of bombs on an already secured area. Basically like a WWII bomber... if it were twice the size and powered by jet engines. It just turned out that even today... we need a few of those. So it has stuck around.
The B-1 was designed in the late 60s, early 70s. My father worked on the Defensive Avionics Suite. The program was initially canceled by the Carter Administration, but was brought back by the Reagan Administration. Originally, the B-1A was meant to be a Mach 3+ , nuclear capable bomber, but arms treaties caused the program to down grade to Mach 2+, conventional bomber. The CONCEPT of the B-2/B-21, flying wing as a bomber is rooted in WW2, and flying prototypes were built in the 50s, but were inherently unstable in flight. It wasn't until the asvent of modern electronics/computers that this concept was made stable enough to be mission capable.
I heard when Mr Northrop lay on his deathbed and the company he founded showed him the B-2 he cried. The flying wing had been his dream for a very long time.
Carter cancelled the program after being told the B2 was closer to deployment than it turned out to be, given the information available it didn't make sense to continue to develop a non stealth bomber when a stealthy option would be in service in a year or 2.
@@Rotorhead1651 Air &Space Forces magazine has an article still available from 2019 titled "The history of stealth" that lays out the timeline of the B1/B2 simultaneous development and the 1980 announcement of the future technology, including how the Pentagon allowed word of the F-117 to dribble out while the B2 program was reclassified to an even higher security level. A lot of the info wasn't declassified until a decade ago so Carter's reasoning was always subject to observers interpretation.
@@Adiscretefirm Jimmy Carter campaigned on canceling the B1 program. He never had any insight on the B2 before becoming president. I would imagine if he would have gotten re-elected he probably would’ve cancelled the B-2 also.
I had the privilege to see one at an air show in my home city. She's a beautiful thing as she approaches, then she turns on the after burners as she flies over and becomes a monster. A very impressive aircraft.
5:10 In my opinion, the shape of the B1B is reminiscent of stretching a fighter like the F14, F15, or F16 out to bomber length (with a different tail). The limited/non-existing rear view from the cockpit is more like the F106 Delta Dart, a pure interceptor where nothing mattered except what was in front of you. The fighters I mentioned had the good all-around view that you need for classic dogfighting. The F14 Tomcat was, like the B1B, a variable-geometry aircraft (variable wing sweep). The only country still flying the F14 is Iran, using the Shah of Iran-era aircraft obtained before the Carter administration abandoned Iran to the Islamic Revolution in January 1979 (and was rewarded for his weakness with the Hostage Crisis which was ended with the fear of Reagan's strength [don't believe "removing final obstacles" because one of the things Reagan campaigned on was tearing Iran a new asshole, which I remember because the was the last Presidential election before I could vote and I know] th-cam.com/video/N39mrl2Ezug/w-d-xo.html . I remember watching reports these every night.). Few of their F14s can actually fly due to the embargo of spare parts. The US takes export control of military use technology very seriously and you (personally and company) do not want to fuck that up. I've work on projects with dual-use technology (active flight controls) and specially-restricted US Citizen-only (not US Person) technology (manned space flight). Unintentional export results in fines and penalties to the company and fines directly to you, and _intentional_ export can result in imprisonment. The thought of accidently sending technical data by email or other unapproved method (resulting in what is deemed an illegal export) scared the shit out of me. I'm glad I retired just over two weeks ago.
Watch video of U.S Navy destroyers (Arleigh Burke-class destroyers) fire missiles or short documentary, they fire lots of types of missiles and its pretty dope!!!!
Missiles: AMG-154 by Scenario Fulfillment. "America's new airstrike weapon is one missile to rule them all" by Sandboxx *Highly Recommend watching: "Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)" by Lockheed Martin Military News - Rapid Dragon Bomb I would highly recommend the milsim based youtubers such as Grim Reapers. I personally really enjoy Growling Sidewinder because he uses Digital Combat Simulator which is a PC game that has very accurate plane physics and weapon capabilities. Also the variety of videos is awesome, you can see a SU-57 vs. F-22 Raptor or an entire squadron of B-2 spirits bombing a fleet of ships.
Grim Reapers does some cool stuff, hard to react to though, since they can be pretty long missions. I think Sandboxx did a cool video on Rapid Dragon as well, which would be a cool video for him to react to.
My last base was Ellsworth. Worked with a bunch of the pilots and WSOs, all awesome people. Even got to fly the sim for this, alot harder than I thought it would be. They look crazy inside there is so much goin on its wild.
Oh, the BONE. Dale Brown's books made me fall in love with this plane... And my love affair also appeared to transfer to one of my sons. He became an aircraft mechanic and the first plane he got to work on was the B1. I'm glad it's stuck around for as long as it has... and It's a lot sexier than the BUFF... (IYKYK).
The B-1 doesn't get much love because it's not as iconic as the B-2 Spirit. Yet, it's faster than any other bomber, cheaper to fly per hour than both the B-52 and B-2, has a greater payload capacity than both, and has a longer range ran the B-2. So, why is it retiring before the other two? Well, the other two don't have treaties limiting their uses. In a fight, what tells you which guy is the most dangerous? The guy who's coming at you with both hands, or the one who's forced to fight with one arm tied behind his back?
This brings back memories. I used to be Aircraft Armament on the B1 back in the early 2000s. Kinda sad that I was discharged before getting to work with the JASMs. Most I did was with the JDAMs during OEF/OIF.
86 or 87 a B1 did a stop and go landing at our small airport about 6 miles as crow flies. I was 12 running up the street to my buddies when it was taking off, I imagine with everything it had as it's a shorter runway. Scared the hell out of me. Then over the trees and houses this monster plane came into sight. We don't see military planes in our area so it was pretty wild. Glad I got to see it
The b1 was used for heavy ordnance missions, especially in Desert Storm and Desert Shield it was meant to drop bombs fast and get out particularly in danger close fire missions given from troops on the ground
I'm not convinced we'll end up retiring the BONE. They talked about retiring A-10s at one point and then they quickly realized that we don't have anything that does CAS nearly as well as they do. I have a feeling the BONE will be around for a good long time yet unless the airframes start failing.
Good call. The latest news is that the B-One will receive a massive upgrade and instead of being retired is now scheduled to remain in service along the B-21 Raider into 2040 and beyond. The program falls under the acronym BEAST.
the biggest reason they plan to retire them is that the fleet is all worn out after 20+ years of constant bombing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Structural Fatigue is the problem. The remaining B-52Hs spent the first several decades of their lives sitting on nuclear alert and not actually doing a lot of flying and as such although older than the B-1s they have less total flight hours on their airframes.
The swoopy shape of the B-1 is one of its most important assets. It has some of the best area ruling of any aircraft, meaning its cross-sectional area, though not of a round shape, is nearly identical along its length to the round cross-sectional areas of a Spitzer rifle bullet at the same percentage of its length. That makes nearly the whole plane break the sound barrier all together, at an airspeed just barely under Mach 1. Normal planes with worse area ruling start to break the sound barrier piecewise, starting at points of low pressure like the tops of the wings, at lower airspeeds, creating tremendous drag as the air goes in and out of multiple shockwaves. That means the B-1 can cruise efficiently at speeds most fighter jets can't reach without afterburner, possibly as much as Mach 0.95. To keep up with something cruising at Mach 0.95, a pursuing fighter (which is shaped for much higher speeds and has parts that still haven't broken local Mach 1 even up to maybe Mach 1.2) has to go to afterburners* and get above Mach 1.2, causing it to run out of fuel in just minutes. So despite being faster most Soviet fighters probably can't actually keep up with or catch up to a B-1, as they would run out of fuel before doing so. The intercept window is also tiny as a result. It also means it's faster overall on missions. Doing nearly the whole mission at Mach 0.95 with just a short supersonic dash on afterburners across the border where most of the air defenses are, is faster than the Tu-160 doing most of the mission at around Mach 0.75 (to keep the tops of its wings from going supersonic before the rest of it), despite its supersonic dash speed being about twice as fast. (*Of course an F-22 can supercruise at Mach 1.8 without afterburners, but it didn't exist when the B-1B was designed, and it's not ever hostile to the B-1B. And even it can't actually cruise at Mach 0.95, it has to get over Mach 1.2 to avoid the horrendous transsonic drag and supercruise efficiently. Maybe the F-35 can, it's also well area-ruled for near-Mach cruise rather than Mach 2+ speeds.)
I'm new to the channel so I'm not sure if you have done a video for this but if you haven't I suggest you check the U.S. main battle tank, the M1 Abrams. It is unreal what this thing can do in the field. If you want to hear first hand what it can do then you need to watch a video on the Battle of 73 Easting. I was a tank battle in February of 91 when American armor units just obliterated Iraqi armor. It would be like F-15's against Japanese A6M Zero's. Really enjoying the channel!
I live in Abilene Texas , where Dyess AirForce Base s located . we have around half of the B-1B Lances stationed at this base . roughly 30 the rest are based at another base .. I live around 5 miles from the base and when these guys take off it s lke thunder rolling .. When they take off using their afterburners t makes the whole apartment complex I live in shake like Thunder accompanied by an earthquake !! When they are doing their emergency take off drills where multiple take off back to back you might as well forget about watching tv for a few minutes .. the sound of their afterburners drowns out everything else pretty much ...
They are still in use. Like the video said they were active in Syria and in Afghanistan. It actually makes an appearance in "The Outpost" providing suppression for a US outpost being overrun. Very cool movie and scene. Def worth a look.
The Arming circuits and Hardware needed to deploy Nukes were removed from the B-1B as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia back in 1994. That treaty limited the number of active and reserve bombers capable of deploying nuclear weapons.
I'm still surprised that the B52 is still flying. But the Lancer is still a amazing bomber. and I do wish the UK would invest in another Bomber aircraft. but as they are not used as much as other military aircraft. the expense is really not worth it. along with the amount of ordinance you need to store.
Fun fact, they were considering making a successor to the B-1 “Bone” that would be called the B-1R, effectively giving it the nickname “Bone-r” 😂
the B-52 is the most successful air platform in military history, and the plans are to keep using it for at least another 40 years, which is mind-blowing when you consider how old it is...
Absolutely love the buff
Despite the size difference you might find it interesting that the B one has the highest weight capacity of any aircraft in the U.S. Armed Forces.
I’ve always love the look of the B1-b, reminds me of a HUGE fighter/attack plane.
I live 1 mile from McConnell AFB. B-1'S were stationed there in the 90's / early 2000's. Those afterburners were a daily earthquake and it was glorious.
You never know, the military could maybe find some use for a stealthier refueler for other stealth fighters... it has the capacity to carry a lot of weight.
you really need to see the National Museum of the US Air Force near Dayton, OH when you're back in the States- you'll absolutely love it...went for the first time ever last year, and spent three days of awe there...they have over 350 aircraft from almost 100 years of military aircraft history....they have a B1, as well as the only surviving XB-70 Valkyrie on the planet (and, admission/parking are "free"...)...
The B-52 is gonna be upgraded with new Rolls-Royce engines, which will keep the B-52 in service for a full century.
The Buff will never die
@SgtAwesome97 the BUFF is forever😂
Still in service, and our only supersonic bomber. The B-2, 21 and 52 are all subsonic (Mach 0.99 or lower speeds) and are more like semi trucks to the B-1s sportier speed.
That kind of aircraft almost reminds me of the Concorde.
They aren't retired, got used last night in middle east 😱
I like the notion of having multiple tools in the toolbox. No need to overuse new stuff for lower level missions/threats.
Very good comment. The BONE was incredibly effective in Afghanistan providing support.
It comes down to $. The cost of maintenance, operational costs and modernization vs simply building the latest modern gear that is stealthier will last another 50 + yrs. I'm not smart enough to make those assessments, but they are in play.
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I love the way the Lancer looks, one of my favorite planes.
It is a beautiful airplane
If you have a chance to see the B-1 fly, DO IT. The shape is cool, the swept-back looks sooo sexy, and the engines make it INSANELY loud!
The BUFF is WAY louder. I've been under it as it was launching outside of San Antonio.
I read somewhere that next upgrade to the B1B will be the B1-R… aka the B ONE R or the BONER, designed for deep penetration
That's just a rumor. IF there's another upgrade, it'll be the B-1C.
It'll be long and hard and can go all night long.....What? We're talking about a bomber here, right? Dropping little white bombs everywhere over the bushes......There's no way out of these innuendos. At the very least, they'll need to develop a launch platform that can be dragged behind the B-1R filled with a new ordinance called the Tactical Bomber Anti-Ground Rockets.....or T-BAGR.
Absolutely beautiful plane. I haven't seen one fly but have walked around one. Had a model of one as a kid.
The location at the end with it landing is Nellis AFB, just north of Las Vegas. The buildings are the casinos on the Vegas strip.
I've seen one, once, in flight, at Beale AFB (CA)... So beautiful, gracefully nimble, and quick, despite it's vast size. I would love to see one in flight, again.
That final shot was a landing at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas.
The depot for the bones is in my city. See them in the air often coming into depot for work or flying test flights once its all been reworked/fixed up
Last shot of the B-1 landing was shot at Nellis AFB 12 miles outside of Las Vegas....that"s where Red Flag ( Top Gun ) exercises are held.
I have watched a B-1 showing off at very LOW altitude . It is a fairly large plane with awesome sounding engines . When it breaks the tree line overhead you more than just feel it. To see it increase altitude and airspeed , while the wing sweeps back , is beautiful to see . Then BANG! IT"S GONE. (but you still feel it)
HAD 2 FLY OVER MY HOUSE WITH THEIR AFTERBURNERS GOING. It was like a earthquake. Shook pictures off the wall. Our enemies must have been terrified.
If you visit Pima Air & Space Museum in AZ you can do a bus tour at Davis-Monthan AFB and see AMARG aka The Boneyard. There are over 20 B1-Bs sitting in Storage
As a former US Army grunt I can say that The Bone is the reason I'm still here on at least 3 occasions. 🤙🇺🇸
I believe that last footage was at Nellis Air Base, Las Vegas, Nevada.
When my sons were young, we were in the Boy Scouts. While we were at summer camp in southeast Kansas I noticed one of the Fellow Scoutmasters walking out of the headquarters and looking up in the sky, while talking on his cellphone. I asked him "What's up?" He said to me, "get yourself to a clear area in 20 min, you'll get to see something impressive!" He was right, a flight of 4 B1b bombers flew over the camp with afterburners on!!! The boys were 'blown away'! Later on in the week, the planes made another appearance by flying over the lake 4 times with the last time, one of the planes pointed his nose skyward and went to afterburners and REALLY impressed the boys. The planes had been housed at McConnel AFB in Wichita, Kansas.
The B1 engines on takeoff at full afterburner is painfully loud.
7:50 That's not a real bomb. That looks like an inert MK-83 or MK-84. The MK-82 is 500lbs, the MK-83 is 1000lbs, and the MK-84 is 2000lbs. It's painted blued which means inert (for training and testing.) I was an Aviation Ordnanceman for 8 years on the USS Kearsarge LHD-3.
The wings move like a f14 tomcat
Something truly terrifying is the rapid dragon system.
@ 16:30 the B1-B is landing on runway 21L at Nellis AFB, NV. It's just outside of Las Vegas.
No shit I just said to myself “maybe Vegas?” And then scrolled down to see your comment. Damn I’m good 😂
Good reaction. Two points though, not only can the Bone carry more ordinance than the Buff (B-52), but the speed has figured in the Afghanistan war. Being able to fly mach 1.2, there were instances where B-1B's were able to do close air support missions for ground forces in dire need far faster than any other aircraft. They could literally fly across Afghanistan in a few minutes and drop bombs. The problem is their low numbers make them more expensive to fly.
That pisses me off. We made concessions for Russia but I doubt they did for us.
I would love to see some more videos on the actual weaponry because I’ve been a fan of planes and their weapons since I was a kid, I’m 44 now BTW.
The B52 Bomber has been around since 1952 and is still used so these planes can last a long time.
these are the days of revenge,so sweet...
Being in the USAF I’ve only seen in person the A-10, F15 eagle, F16 fighting falcon, SR-71 blackbird , the B-2 spirit and various cargo plans but never the B-1B. I really wish I could’ve seen this plane in person because it looks really cool.
Go to Air Shows
@@Rotorhead1651 yeah I need to find one because this bomber looks sexy as hell
Maybe you could end up at dyess or Ellsworth on TDY
@@itsogshow I’m a veteran and out of the military so I don’t think I’ll ever see myself on a flight line again. Or actually I could go to an air show.
@@AlexisLopez-pb8ms I gotcha, im pretty sure the do an airshow every year in Abilene ik they did one on base last year and one at Abilene regional and both times B-1Bs did a fly over
I've seen hogs, mudhens and vipers, but being able to go in a f22 hanger was the coolest. Those things are so rad.
Fun fact, my dad helped develop the agm158 jassm. He gave me the nickname jassom (real name Jason) and it’s not my username for everything
You might enjoy Dale Brown's book 'Flight of the Old Dog' and it's sequels.
The bombs are great except for when we drop a 1/4 of a million dollar bomb on a $100 mud shack and the target we were looking for isn't there. Happens way more than what you may think. Just like I’ve seen personally, hmvs dropped in by air and the parachutes don’t open right and the whole vehicle explodes on impact.
2:28 you won’t see the Bone up close unless you are US Airforce or you are receiving a bomb into your skull.
Or you go to an airshow.
@@BLUEYENKO … think CLOSER.
@@baomao7243 closer than what?
@@BLUEYENKO warheads on foreheads - the true multimedia experience
How do the stack all that bombs in a plane from a far looks like big fighter
The rumor I am hearing about the b1b is that it’s going to be used to launch anti ship cruise missles
B-52 was developed in 1952. Most B-52 s flying are OLDER than their pilots. This model may fly into 2020's.
AIO baby!!!!! Adapt/Improvise and Overcome.!!!!! Welcome to the B1B!!!! A very formable weapons platform indeed!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!! 🥳😎🍸
The Nuclear capability was removed due to the SALT 2 Treaty
I live in Rapid City South Dakota and we still have them them out here at the (elsworth Air force base)
The final B1-B landing (aft view) was Las Vegas, NV (Nellis AFB).
I wouldn't say that the B-52 "evolved" much. It's always been pretty much what it's always been...
.. a way to dump a whole bunch of bombs on an already secured area. Basically like a WWII bomber... if it were twice the size and powered by jet engines.
It just turned out that even today... we need a few of those. So it has stuck around.
Doing weapons would be cool. Check out gliding ninja bomb. No collateral damage.
The B-1 was designed in the late 60s, early 70s. My father worked on the Defensive Avionics Suite. The program was initially canceled by the Carter Administration, but was brought back by the Reagan Administration.
Originally, the B-1A was meant to be a Mach 3+ , nuclear capable bomber, but arms treaties caused the program to down grade to Mach 2+, conventional bomber.
The CONCEPT of the B-2/B-21, flying wing as a bomber is rooted in WW2, and flying prototypes were built in the 50s, but were inherently unstable in flight. It wasn't until the asvent of modern electronics/computers that this concept was made stable enough to be mission capable.
I heard when Mr Northrop lay on his deathbed and the company he founded showed him the B-2 he cried. The flying wing had been his dream for a very long time.
Carter cancelled the program after being told the B2 was closer to deployment than it turned out to be, given the information available it didn't make sense to continue to develop a non stealth bomber when a stealthy option would be in service in a year or 2.
@@Adiscretefirm
Source? I was there. My father almost lost his job over the cancelation.
@@Rotorhead1651 Air &Space Forces magazine has an article still available from 2019 titled "The history of stealth" that lays out the timeline of the B1/B2 simultaneous development and the 1980 announcement of the future technology, including how the Pentagon allowed word of the F-117 to dribble out while the B2 program was reclassified to an even higher security level. A lot of the info wasn't declassified until a decade ago so Carter's reasoning was always subject to observers interpretation.
@@Adiscretefirm Jimmy Carter campaigned on canceling the B1 program. He never had any insight on the B2 before becoming president. I would imagine if he would have gotten re-elected he probably would’ve cancelled the B-2 also.
They were used Vs Iran this year
Yes the Bone is still in service.
If you served in Afghanistan or Iraq, the B-1B would have been dropping JDAMS for boots on the ground...
I agree, if you are on the ground you want the best most accurate bomber possible
B-1 is not being retired anymore. Being transitioned to B-1 BEAST
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One flew low and slow over me and some Marines one time in a weird sandy place. FREAKING IMPRESSIVE!!!🇺🇸🫡
I had the privilege to see one at an air show in my home city. She's a beautiful thing as she approaches, then she turns on the after burners as she flies over and becomes a monster. A very impressive aircraft.
This guy acts like he's part of our military. He rides on our coatails, that;s all he does.
You wanna talk about speed, do a video on the SR-71
She JASM on my Lancer until I B1?
The B52s also a good band.
The B1 looks like an oversized fighter jet
There’s even talks that they will be replacing their engines with F22 engines
That is a very interesting aircraft, I’ve never seen one up close, but I’ve seen flyby before. Extremely impressive jus sayen
Would love a video on the various ordinance used by the militaries of the world
Agreed. I'd love to see this content on the ordinance itself.
5:10 In my opinion, the shape of the B1B is reminiscent of stretching a fighter like the F14, F15, or F16 out to bomber length (with a different tail). The limited/non-existing rear view from the cockpit is more like the F106 Delta Dart, a pure interceptor where nothing mattered except what was in front of you. The fighters I mentioned had the good all-around view that you need for classic dogfighting.
The F14 Tomcat was, like the B1B, a variable-geometry aircraft (variable wing sweep). The only country still flying the F14 is Iran, using the Shah of Iran-era aircraft obtained before the Carter administration abandoned Iran to the Islamic Revolution in January 1979 (and was rewarded for his weakness with the Hostage Crisis which was ended with the fear of Reagan's strength [don't believe "removing final obstacles" because one of the things Reagan campaigned on was tearing Iran a new asshole, which I remember because the was the last Presidential election before I could vote and I know] th-cam.com/video/N39mrl2Ezug/w-d-xo.html . I remember watching reports these every night.). Few of their F14s can actually fly due to the embargo of spare parts. The US takes export control of military use technology very seriously and you (personally and company) do not want to fuck that up. I've work on projects with dual-use technology (active flight controls) and specially-restricted US Citizen-only (not US Person) technology (manned space flight). Unintentional export results in fines and penalties to the company and fines directly to you, and _intentional_ export can result in imprisonment. The thought of accidently sending technical data by email or other unapproved method (resulting in what is deemed an illegal export) scared the shit out of me. I'm glad I retired just over two weeks ago.
Watch video of U.S Navy destroyers (Arleigh Burke-class destroyers) fire missiles or short documentary, they fire lots of types of missiles and its pretty dope!!!!
Missiles:
AMG-154 by Scenario Fulfillment.
"America's new airstrike weapon is one missile to rule them all" by Sandboxx
*Highly Recommend watching: "Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)" by Lockheed Martin
Military News - Rapid Dragon Bomb
I would highly recommend the milsim based youtubers such as Grim Reapers. I personally really enjoy Growling Sidewinder because he uses Digital Combat Simulator which is a PC game that has very accurate plane physics and weapon capabilities. Also the variety of videos is awesome, you can see a SU-57 vs. F-22 Raptor or an entire squadron of B-2 spirits bombing a fleet of ships.
Grim Reapers does some cool stuff, hard to react to though, since they can be pretty long missions. I think Sandboxx did a cool video on Rapid Dragon as well, which would be a cool video for him to react to.
Ya I'm just discovering your content and I'm kind of hooked bub. Thanks for what you do.
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America's new airstrike weapon is the one missile to rule them all
My last base was Ellsworth. Worked with a bunch of the pilots and WSOs, all awesome people. Even got to fly the sim for this, alot harder than I thought it would be. They look crazy inside there is so much goin on its wild.
So the b 1 b total payload is 1.5 tracter tailer fully loaded
"America’s Most Dangerous Bomber on Earth"... so they have them on other planets aswell..??
They put that alien tech to good use
I bet that sounded funny in your head. 🤨🙄😑🤦♂️
Oh, the BONE. Dale Brown's books made me fall in love with this plane... And my love affair also appeared to transfer to one of my sons. He became an aircraft mechanic and the first plane he got to work on was the B1. I'm glad it's stuck around for as long as it has... and It's a lot sexier than the BUFF... (IYKYK).
The B-1 doesn't get much love because it's not as iconic as the B-2 Spirit. Yet, it's faster than any other bomber, cheaper to fly per hour than both the B-52 and B-2, has a greater payload capacity than both, and has a longer range ran the B-2. So, why is it retiring before the other two? Well, the other two don't have treaties limiting their uses. In a fight, what tells you which guy is the most dangerous? The guy who's coming at you with both hands, or the one who's forced to fight with one arm tied behind his back?
SAYS WHO?!?!? 🤨🙄😑🤦♂️
I think if I was on the ground there, I’d rather see the warthog…
Looks like they will extend its life beyond 2040 with its latest upgrade. My absolute favourite plane from childhood
This brings back memories. I used to be Aircraft Armament on the B1 back in the early 2000s. Kinda sad that I was discharged before getting to work with the JASMs. Most I did was with the JDAMs during OEF/OIF.
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86 or 87 a B1 did a stop and go landing at our small airport about 6 miles as crow flies. I was 12 running up the street to my buddies when it was taking off, I imagine with everything it had as it's a shorter runway. Scared the hell out of me. Then over the trees and houses this monster plane came into sight. We don't see military planes in our area so it was pretty wild. Glad I got to see it
To B1 B was the first model airplane I put together. It’s just so sleek. B-52 I believe it’s been around since the 1950s it’s a 70-year-old plane.
I liked the video and I liked your commentary. You have a great personality for this.
The b1 was used for heavy ordnance missions, especially in Desert Storm and Desert Shield it was meant to drop bombs fast and get out particularly in danger close fire missions given from troops on the ground
The BUFF is forever!!❤
I'm not convinced we'll end up retiring the BONE. They talked about retiring A-10s at one point and then they quickly realized that we don't have anything that does CAS nearly as well as they do. I have a feeling the BONE will be around for a good long time yet unless the airframes start failing.
Good call. The latest news is that the B-One will receive a massive upgrade and instead of being retired is now scheduled to remain in service along the B-21 Raider into 2040 and beyond. The program falls under the acronym BEAST.
the biggest reason they plan to retire them is that the fleet is all worn out after 20+ years of constant bombing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Structural Fatigue is the problem. The remaining B-52Hs spent the first several decades of their lives sitting on nuclear alert and not actually doing a lot of flying and as such although older than the B-1s they have less total flight hours on their airframes.
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Try again, Skippy. Look up "Operation Chrome Dome" and "Operation Linebacker."
The swoopy shape of the B-1 is one of its most important assets. It has some of the best area ruling of any aircraft, meaning its cross-sectional area, though not of a round shape, is nearly identical along its length to the round cross-sectional areas of a Spitzer rifle bullet at the same percentage of its length. That makes nearly the whole plane break the sound barrier all together, at an airspeed just barely under Mach 1. Normal planes with worse area ruling start to break the sound barrier piecewise, starting at points of low pressure like the tops of the wings, at lower airspeeds, creating tremendous drag as the air goes in and out of multiple shockwaves. That means the B-1 can cruise efficiently at speeds most fighter jets can't reach without afterburner, possibly as much as Mach 0.95. To keep up with something cruising at Mach 0.95, a pursuing fighter (which is shaped for much higher speeds and has parts that still haven't broken local Mach 1 even up to maybe Mach 1.2) has to go to afterburners* and get above Mach 1.2, causing it to run out of fuel in just minutes. So despite being faster most Soviet fighters probably can't actually keep up with or catch up to a B-1, as they would run out of fuel before doing so. The intercept window is also tiny as a result. It also means it's faster overall on missions. Doing nearly the whole mission at Mach 0.95 with just a short supersonic dash on afterburners across the border where most of the air defenses are, is faster than the Tu-160 doing most of the mission at around Mach 0.75 (to keep the tops of its wings from going supersonic before the rest of it), despite its supersonic dash speed being about twice as fast. (*Of course an F-22 can supercruise at Mach 1.8 without afterburners, but it didn't exist when the B-1B was designed, and it's not ever hostile to the B-1B. And even it can't actually cruise at Mach 0.95, it has to get over Mach 1.2 to avoid the horrendous transsonic drag and supercruise efficiently. Maybe the F-35 can, it's also well area-ruled for near-Mach cruise rather than Mach 2+ speeds.)
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It's the 3rd Ronnie 😂
I'm new to the channel so I'm not sure if you have done a video for this but if you haven't I suggest you check the U.S. main battle tank, the M1 Abrams. It is unreal what this thing can do in the field. If you want to hear first hand what it can do then you need to watch a video on the Battle of 73 Easting. I was a tank battle in February of 91 when American armor units just obliterated Iraqi armor. It would be like F-15's against Japanese A6M Zero's. Really enjoying the channel!
I live in Abilene Texas , where Dyess AirForce Base s located . we have around half of the B-1B Lances stationed at this base . roughly 30 the rest are based at another base .. I live around 5 miles from the base and when these guys take off it s lke thunder rolling .. When they take off using their afterburners t makes the whole apartment complex I live in shake like Thunder accompanied by an earthquake !! When they are doing their emergency take off drills where multiple take off back to back you might as well forget about watching tv for a few minutes .. the sound of their afterburners drowns out everything else pretty much ...
They are still in use. Like the video said they were active in Syria and in Afghanistan. It actually makes an appearance in "The Outpost" providing suppression for a US outpost being overrun. Very cool movie and scene. Def worth a look.
The b1 and b52 are of similar size and carry similar payloads. The b1 is just maintenance intensive and flight hour costs are high.
Lancer carries 5,000 pounds more in payload.
I wanna see this in war thunder so bad
Even the RF-4 could carry a nuke
The Arming circuits and Hardware needed to deploy Nukes were removed from the B-1B as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia back in 1994. That treaty limited the number of active and reserve bombers capable of deploying nuclear weapons.
The Bone!
I'm still surprised that the B52 is still flying. But the Lancer is still a amazing bomber. and I do wish the UK would invest in another Bomber aircraft. but as they are not used as much as other military aircraft. the expense is really not worth it. along with the amount of ordinance you need to store.
15:53 The B-1 has a heavier payload capability than the B-52.
It reminds me of the concorde to be honest ,it looks pretty amazing
It doesn't look anything like Concorde.