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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101841769924

ISBN-139781841769929

eBay Product ID (ePID)47848497

Product Key Features

Book TitleB-1b Lancer Units in Combat

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicModern / 20th Century, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Military / Aviation

Publication Year2006

IllustratorStyling, Mark, Yes

GenreHistory

AuthorThomas Withington

Book SeriesCombat Aircraft Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

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

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number60

Dewey Decimal623.7463

Table Of ContentBackground/Design/Service History/Operation Desert Fox/Operation Allied Force/Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/The Future/Appendices

SynopsisThe 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., 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 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.

LC Classification NumberUG1242.B6