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The Air Force wants to be able to strap a hypersonic missile onto the vaunted B-1 warplane. The United States Air Force Global Strike Command has moved one step closer to arming a number of B-1B Lancer bombers with external weapons, which can provide geographic combatant command with increased capabilities while putting fewer aircraft and aircraft in harm’s way. Earlier this month the 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted an external weapon release demonstration at Holloman Air Fo...

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander. “Demonstration of B-1B external carriage reflects the potential to keep weapon systems in the fight with increased combat capability.” A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s 419th FLTS launched an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from an external pylon underneath the aircraft’s fuselage. The external pylon usually carries the “Sniper” targeting pod. This release demonstration also put AFGSC one step ...

Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center commander. “Demonstration of B-1B external carriage reflects the potential to keep weapon systems in the fight with increased combat capability.” A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s 419th FLTS launched an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from an external pylon underneath the aircraft’s fuselage. The external pylon usually carries the “Sniper” targeting pod. This release demonstration also put AFGSC one step ...

B-1 Lancer Bomber Successfully Launched An Inert JASSM Stealthy Missile From An External Pylon During Test B-1 Lancer Bomber Successfully Launched An Inert JASSM Stealthy Missile From An External Pylon During Test A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing, releases a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile during an external release demonstration in the skies over Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec. 4. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner) A B-1 Lancer conducted ...