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Combat Aircraft Ser.: B-1B Lancer Units in Combat by Thomas Withington (2006, Trade Paperback)

The development of the B-1B Lancer bomber was difficult to say the least. Originally conceived to fulfill a USAF requirement for an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, the original B-1A concept aircraft was accused of being a white elephant, capable of performing nothing which could not be achieved at less financial and human expense than an intercontinental ballistic missile. Cancelled by the Carter administration and finally commissioned by President Reagan as the modified B-1B, the Lancer began its duties as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War (1946-1991) intervened and the jet was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation. However, the 1990s saw the metamorphosis of the Lancer into a potent conventional weapons carrier which has seen action in Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan. The Lancer has proved its critics wrong in demonstrating its use as a highly flexible and hard-working bomber, able to undertake diverse missions ranging from CAS to the targeting of weapons-of-mass-destruction installations.

Intended Audience
Trade
Series Volume Number
60
Lc Classification Number
Ug1242.B6
Reviews
"If you are a fan of this sleek winged bomber, than this book is for you! ... Definitely recommended from this modeler's point of view." -Mark Smith,AeroScale, "If you are a fan of this sleek winged bomber, than this book is for you! ... Definitely recommended from this modeler's point of view." -Mark Smith, AeroScale, "If you are a fan of this sleek winged bomber, than this book is for you! ... Definitely recommended from this modeler's point of view." -- Mark Smith, AeroScale
Table of Content
Background/Design/Service History/Operation Desert Fox/Operation Allied Force/Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/The Future/Appendices
Copyright Date
2006
Dewey Decimal
623.7463
Dewey Edition
22

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