Air Force takes next step to mount future hypersonic missiles on B-1B
US Air Force/Ethan Wagner Weeks after the Air Force proved it could mount an advanced stealth cruise missile externally on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, it has taken the next step. In a December 4 test, the Air Force launched an inert AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, known as the JASSM, from the bomber. Weeks after the US Air Force proved it could mount an advanced stealth cruise missile externally on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, it has taken the next step, test-firing an inert missile from under the B-1's fuselage. The 419th Flight Tes...