The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the ...

First, the B-1 is the fastest bomber in the stable ... was not designed with stealth features. That was fine in the 1970s when the B-1 airframe was designed and when air defense systems were ...

the non-stealth B-1’s ability to survive behind enemy lines has become imperiled, reducing the value of the strategic bomber in future conflicts against capable nation-states. Among the three ...

The Cold War ushered in a “renaissance for bomber aviation.” But the Kremlin’s demands for the Sukhoi T-4MS were more than the company could handle.

Its limited stealth characteristics gave the big bomber a radar cross-section in the ballpark of a much smaller F-16 fighter.