Dyess Air Force Base

Volume up! Cool video features the loudest B-1B Lancer takeoff ever

Volume up! Cool video features the loudest B-1B Lancer takeoff ever

Filmed at RAF Fairford on Jun. 18, 2023, the cool video in this post features a very loud B-1B Lancer… Read More

3 months ago

B-1 baby on board: Meet Maj. Lauren Olme, the first USAF Aviatrix to fly during entire pregnancy

Baby Olme, who is expected to arrive in April 2023, has become one of the first babies in the Department… Read More

8 months ago

Dyess B-1B Lancer strategic bombers conduct missions and training in Alaska, South America

B-1B bombers from Dyess AFB, Texas, were everywhere from south of the equator to just outside the Arctic circle last… Read More

1 year ago

Videos show B-1B Lancer strategic bomber catching fire during engine maintenance on the flightline at Dyess Air Force Base

Filmed on Apr. 20, 2022 the videos in this post show a B-1B Lancer strategic bomber catching fire during routine… Read More

1 year ago

Latest avionics software update for the B-1B Lancer fleet tested during 30 hour two-ship CONUS to CONUS Bomber Task Force sortie

As part of the Sensors Forward initiative which uses updated software and processes to leverage resident B-1 Electronic Warfare capability,… Read More

2 years ago

Take-offs, touch and goes and steep banking climbs: cool video shows USAF B-1B bombers operations at RAF Fairford

The cool video in this post features U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer strategic bombers operations at Royal Air Force… Read More

2 years ago

Boeing aims to start testing external hypersonic missile pylon for B-1 Lancer bomber in September 2022

Since the B-52 is up for modernization and until the full use of the B-21, which is due at Dyess… Read More

2 years ago

Interesting photos show B-1B Lancer decommission process at Barksdale AFB

On Jun. 22, 2021 a B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB, Texas, landed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, to become decommissioned and… Read More

2 years ago

Dyess AFB hosts largest C-130J interfly in Super Hercules history

On Jul. 15, 2020 the 317th and 19th Airlift Wings launched dozens of C-130s for what is set to be… Read More

3 years ago

The legend of the B-1B bomber that broke windows all over the town of Abilene while performing her first flyover of the city

On Jun. 29, 1985 “The Star of Abilene” (83-0065) the second operational B-1B bomber was delivered to the 96th Bombardment… Read More

3 years ago

USAF Releases New Images of B-21 Raider Future Stealth Bomber

The renderings show the B-21 in hangars at the three locations where the nation's newest stealth bomber will be housed… Read More

4 years ago

USAF has only 6 Fully Combat Ready B-1B Strategic Bombers

Of the fleet of 61 B-1B Lancers, 15 are in depot maintenance and 39 aircraft are down for inspections or… Read More

4 years ago

B-1B strategic bomber successfully test-fired pair of LRASM anti-ship standoff missiles

Each LRASM navigated through all planned waypoints, transitioned to mid-course guidance and flew toward the moving maritime target using inputs… Read More

5 years ago

USAF selects locations for B-21 Raider bomber

The B-21 Raider will replace B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft The U.S. Air Force (USAF) announced that will bed down… Read More

5 years ago

USAF TO UPGRADE B-1B LANCER’S ROTARY LAUNCHER

Since the ejector was originally designed to carry nuclear weapons with 30-inch lug spacing, the B-1B is limited to carrying… Read More

6 years ago