US Air Force begins retiring group of 17 B-1B bombers
By Garrett Reim2021-02-18T20:53:00+00:00 The US Air Force (USAF) has retired the first of 17 Boeing B-1B Lancers that need expensive repairs to remain in service, further reducing its fleet of an aircraft designed to counter Cold War foes. The service plans to retire the 17 supersonic bombers for the purpose of freeing funds and resources needed to support a smaller fleet of 45 B-1Bs. The project should also free money to purchase the in-development Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Of the 100 Lancers built, the USAF decided in 2001 to retire 33 to pay for modernisation efforts at...
Source: flightglobal.com