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  • Can i drive your sickass buggy?

  • Still way freakin' cool, though.

  • Not nearly as loud as the XF-84H Thunderscreech... Loudest prop plane design on the planet, and I believe the fastest (though it was never flown) The propeller blade tips were going over Mach at idle speed, so it was more or less a continuous sonic boom. You could even see air radiating in waves from it- real sci-fi looking shit. Gave a lot of people nausea and headaches, and the sonic booms caused a continuous shock wave to the sides of the plane that WOULD throw your ass to the ground! :P

  • That Fucking Thing Rumbled Like The Gods Were Coming To Earth!! 

  • Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue!

  • Your vid went viral on Solomon Islands

  • @chrlsnewsom5

    Cool :D

  • I think they were almost ready to hit 88mph! Doc would be proud.

  • Bilalhidayat and m4gunner25..

    You guys should relax a bit.. Its a downer too read your comments.

  • Hauling the mail....

    

  • i have only ever witnessed 2 aircraft setting off car alarms, one is the glorious avro vulcan, the other is the b1, it has to be noisier than concorde

  • yes i know they can. its called terrain follow. but in THIS VIDEO what the pilots are doing is called A SHOW OF FORCE.

  • Wasting resources in Afghanistan.

  • @bilalhidayat shut up dummy. you dont know what youre talking about. the sight of a B1 makes brownies run for the bunker.

  • @m4gunner25 Pathetic racist u r. U have wasted 10 years, hundreds of thousands of human lives and you are still loosing. US is now trying everything to bring Taliban on table for talks but Taliban prefers to fight them out of Afghanistan. Read more and see beyond CNN

  • @bilalhidayat hahahaha.. what are you, yoda?! so, you call wiping out saddam and his kids, osama, and THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of taliban a waste?! And how the fuck are we loosing?! why dont YOU do YOUR homework. Dont worry asshole.. im sure well be occupying your shithole of a country soon enough. your comment kinda sounds like youre a closet terrorist.. should we come find YOU?

  • @m4gunner25 Ur voice president has given up on Taliban lol. Read todays newspapers.

  • @bilalhidayat hahaha.. a month later he comes back with a rebuttal! stfu you piece of shit.

  • @m4gunner25 Admit it. USA has given up. They are helping Taliban to setup offices in Qatar and Germany for smooth talks with Mula Umer's representatives. Get real. USA and NATO has lost the war and it was predicted by us from Oct 2001.

  • @bilalhidayat HAHAHAH.. we LOST?! you want to compare body counts, then try that sentence again? and I want you know know..i TRULY enjoyed shooting your brothers. it made all the training worth it.

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  • @m4gunner25 Hay, another breaking news for you. USA has removed Mula Umer's name from Most Wanted List of FBI. Admit it, USA has lost the war and now begging Taliban to talk. USA DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORIST. Suck my dick u asshole. You aren't just negotiating, you are begging them to and they are dictating you what to do before they talk to you.

  • @bilalhidayat hey terrorist, what happened to Osamas face? i forget.. OH WAIT, THATS RIGHT!!... he got SHOT IN THE FUCKING FACE BY SPECWAR!! fuck you!! check mate motherfucker.

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  • @bilalhidayat Youre a fucking moron. clearly you view that as a victory. thats fine. cuz we, AND the rest of the world..we know the deal. were wiping you pieces of shit out, AND were doing it with bullshit rules. just imagine if we played as dirty..

  • The last thing those terrorist fuckers see before the get vaporized...

  • i always wanted to fly one of those when i was a kid.

  • @mrtrololololololoify Hahahahahsahaha no point getting butt-hurt about it! Just a funny thought, that's all!

  • I've always wished they made this into some sort of large fighter or attacker, like stick a huge machine gun underneath it, some massive rockets on hardpoints, haha

    Also, @badavisjr and @flightoftheunknown, LOL

  • That was pure quality!!!!

  • Soooo impresive!!

  • Loudest jet on the planet, followed by the F-111 (the B-1 is basically a supersized F-111 - I've heard flies like one too from pilots who flew both). I was a nav on tankers at Dyess AFB and I remember that when we'd hold short for the Bones to launch first, our 200,000-pound jet would shudder and vibrate when they pushed it up to afterburner. Night launches were great, the four blue flames made it look like something out of Star Wars as they climbed into the sky. Very cool.

  • Fuck yeah. Eat that you taliban shit licking muslim monkey motherfuckers. You're all gonna die you fucking little bitches.

  • @flightoftheunknown

    probably the best comment posted on youtube. Ever. I am going to quote that. I live 1/2 mile away from a mosque. That needs to be on a billboard across the street from it.

  • @badavisjr1 :) thanks! Take a picture of your sign and post it here! :) :) :)

  • @flightoftheunknown You might want to cut down on the country music for a while.

  • Yeah how's THAT feel flying over your mud huts at night? Stop FUCKIN with us.

  • I have heard that B-1's will make runs through the valleys in Afghanistan at Mach 1+ at 50 or so feet off the ground, the effect is supposed to be like what happens in the movie "Pushing Tin" (basically it sucks you up in the air and slams you down) plus your ear drums are blown out. I have never had actual confirmation that they are allowed to do that in a multi-million dollar jet, so I ask the soldiers/ pilots out there to respond and shed some light on the subject.

  • @janicewatersteen

    No, they don't do this. They aren't going to risk the pilots lives or the aircraft to pop some ear drums doing some hot shot shit.

  • @normanmj That is pretty much what I figured. Thank you

  • @janicewatersteen True Norman. And as for the effect if they should do that, mythbusters did it. It might blow your ears, but nothing is lifted, its just a sonic boom. More air is pushed from a danger close explosion.

    jump to 7:40 - youtube.com/watch?v=GvtAElaDVz­8

  • @Leviathandk Number One mythbusters did it with a an f-16, the lowest they got was between 200 & 500feet. I am not saying you are wrong just that it is possible to hit someone with the plane's wake. It is true, it would be ridiculously reckless to fly through a valley like that but the effect would be devastating. I have done a bit more research and the only thing I can find is that this MIGHT have been done to protect some spec. op. troops after the b-1 ran out of bombs. A one time thing.

  • @janicewatersteen pretty sure its multi- billion

  • @greenandgold831 last report was 283 million but that was 1998 it may have gone up but i dont think we're talking billions

  • @janicewatersteen b-1's also fly very fast and low because the roar the engines make when flying real fast does echo through the vallys and also duplicates the sound of a huge explosion scaring off the bad guys .......for a lil while anyways

  • @janicewatersteen Most definitely 100% false

  • @janicewatersteen its called a show of force. that is about as low as its going to get. they punch off flare as well. they do that when our guys are taking fire and are danger close to drop jdams. how do i know this if anyone is wondering. i have deployed and loaded the jet. there you go,

  • @tymorse22 

    they can and do fly lower.

  • @janicewatersteen never seen a B-1 do that before but back in 2007 saw an afghani get knocked off his roof by a mirage jet doing that, it was verry cool/loud

  • That WAS awesome.

  • raw power

  • most beautiful plane on earth!!!

  • The B-1 is awesome. I remember hearing someone say that during the cold war the Russians feared it more then the B-52 because the B-1 has a high speed, low altitude bombing capability. Which means it can fly under the radar and Triple A couldnt touch it.

  • Did one of them ask a buddy if he shit his pants?

  • I would never want to be on the business end of the B1. The flyby alone scares the hell outta me!

  • at first i thought that flare was a care package...

  • 3 words for ya....SHOW OF FORCE

  • We got your backs brothers, now go kick some ass.

    Sincerely, a U.S. Airman.

  • @itubeit09 lol. u got their back for last 10 YEARS. And u know what, they got nothing yet. 70% of afghanistan is still ruled by local talibans.

  • @bilalhidayat ya know.. youre kinda making me think that youre a taliban supporter with your fuckhead comments. maybe i should tip off my local FBI office. its not like we need that much of an excuse..i mean.. we're about 10 minutes away from blowing your shitty country off the fucking map, along with all the pieces of shit like you anyway.

  • @m4gunner25 this sort of approach has let US down. Mark my words, if US spends 10 more years, nothing absolutely nothing will change. If you are right, why do you think Americans are pursuing Taliban for talks?

  • @bilalhidayat trust me fuckface, i know shit wont change. the only thing you 3rd world pieces of shit know, is how to fight over shitty land, and how to be coward terrorists. so, if it takes another ten years of wiping our asses with you pieces of shit, then so be it. we'll enjoy killing your family for the duration..

  • @m4gunner25 You aren't only racist but mentally challenged too. Your current affair knowledge sucks. You aren't familiar with ground realities in Afghanistan. What is upcoming Bone conference is for in Germany? Answer me this and I'll tell you who's winning in Afghanistan. By the way, I m from Pakistan. A country who has ORDERED United States to empty Shamsi Airbase in 15 days and stopped the supply to Afghanistan. US has apologised earlier and they'll now too or ur army will die of hunger.

  • @bilalhidayat HAHAHAHAHAHAH.... yeah... ANY branch of the US military will die of hunger... OK smartguy. and all because some other country wants us to leave?! do you happen to recall when GW asked for permission to invade, they all said no, and he said "fuck you, im doing it anyway!" but yeah, well die of hunger. ..go back to your little bubble in the sand, you fuckin cunt raghead. why do you go decapitate another reporter, you piece of dog shit.

  • @bilalhidayat Who cares where your from and don't worry once the Americans and allies are out of the middle east we will get to watch your country burn as the Taliban decide to overthrow Pakistan. Until then embrace Gemetria, Don't worry the motherland will clean you up too. -Russia

  • @xDvsking666x I didn't get u, Russia? R u from Russia? Sorry if I am wrong but if you really are from russia, I think you should not have forgotten the defeat if you got from Mujahideens less than 20 years ago. And if Taliban were to overthrow Pakistan, The World would not have asked Pak to join Bonn conference for peace in Afghanistan, coz its only Pak who has close links to Mulla Umer.

  • @bilalhidayat We are better equipped and have a plan for when we do head back in, Putin will ensure our victory with a iron fist

  • @xDvsking666x Either you are making fun of Russians out there or if you really are Russian, then you are a biggest jerk i've ever seen. Dude, you lost a war in Afghanistan. Pakistan kept shooting down your planes that ever crossed Pakistani boarders. Even 1 of ur captured pilot was made Air Chief.

  • @bilalhidayat I'm not the jerk you Americans are. Constantly invading peoples country claiming to do it for democracy and other bs you war dogs do it all for oil,

  • @xDvsking666x I am not American u idiot. But nonetheless I agree. They are bitches running after oil where ever they find it and invade other countries in the name of democracy.

  • @bilalhidayat .."U.S. are bitches running after oil everywhere, invading other countries in the name of democracy"

    I expect that you post comments in the name of stupidity, son. The global economy depends on oil; without it economic activity stops. The west pays big money for foreign oil, money that helps the people of underdeveloped nations enjoy a better standard of living. Don't forget it

    "U.S. invades other countries in the name of democracy"?

    Nonsense worthy of an imbecile

  • @gangster3591 Big money for foreign oil? Deploying your troops in Saudi Arabia, invading Iraq in the name of Weapons of Mass Destruction isn't MONEY. Its force and its invasion. Read more. Even Afghanistan was invaded for its minerals. Taliban were ready to try Bin Ladin in 3rd Muslim country for 9-11. Noone gives u a right to kill millions of Muslims in the name of running 'activities' around the world.

  • @bilalhidayat Saudi Arabia can ask us to leave if that's what they want.

  • @xDvsking6 Somalia, Bosnia and Afghanistan have oil ? I just gave you three exceptions to your argument, care to re-word it? I'm stilll waiting for the flood of cheap oil from Iraq or the money we spent freeing them from Hussein.

    Btw, 90% of the Persian Gulf oil goes to Asia, and also to Europe....a trickle to the USA.

  • @rampking1 I highly doubt the US will get anymore oil from Iraq due to the war. Some say they didn't need to be liberated so I don' have a opinion on that. People just need to find new energy source cause oil lead to conflict

  • @xDvsking666x My point is that many say we went into Iraq for the oil, my point is regardless of the argument, it isn't coming to the USA.

    I ride my bicyle to work rain or shine everyday, I agree about getting away from our need for oil.

  • @rampking1 Glad to see someone making a change for the environment, I don't know why we are over there besides the interest of the politicians and for known aggressive jihad followers, Oil or not I support their troops for being the ones who had to go over there but not so much their leaders they elect without knowing a lot about that person, AND you be careful some people don't pay attention to people on bikes that well =)

  • @itubeit09 Do any bombers have ac or heating?

  • he dropped a flare and then went fast as hell away. did he think they were talibans?

  • @Threecoolhats The flare might have been their way of saying hi.

  • I JUST GOT A HARD-ON.

    GO USA !!!!!!!

  • B1 would be perfect in the game: Call Of Duty: Airwar

    what do you think folks? :D

  • I miss the sight of this!

  • Nice to see that plane flying somewhere other than this damn base. Would love to see it in action. <3

  • This is what you get up your ass when diplomacy fails!

  • Free world air power at it's finest !

  • 4 people were there when a B1 dropped more than a flare on their asses.

  • Thats fucking impressive!!!!!! 

  • AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!! GET SOME!!!!!!!!!

  • The Krauts and Japs paid a lot of price for ignoring America during WW2. Luckily these barbarians r still under control. Now get a fucking taste of Uncle Sam's Jirhad you fucking brown motherfucking assholes!! God I wish America can someday civilize the whole world by exterminating the low lives. God bless America!

  • @2departed Got an idea for you: why don't you learn how to spell Jihad first (no, there's no -r in it) and then come back? Little brat...

  • @2departed Who the fuck would want to be like america? Inbred redneck world

  • @Sterlingjob World's only remaining superpower nation? Freedom to do things that would get you killed in other nations? Freedom in itself? A beautiful landscape from swamps and deserts to arctic tundras to sky-scraping mountains? Oh, yeah. and this here internet you're using. It was invented in America? Just like Youtube itself? Defeater of the Soviet Union?

    Oh yeah. America's a horrible place. Who the fuck would want to be like America? (sarcasm)

  • @NewbeFeaster I think you will find a British Citizen called Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet, not an american.

  • @Sterlingjob No no, It was obviously Bob Marley who invented the internet. Not "Tim"

  • @Sterlingjob Says the person whose royal family has been inbreeding for a very long time. Apparently millions (possibly billions) of people would like to be like us as evidenced by the huge number of immigrants who come here every year.

  • @robs104 Yeah mainly low educated unskilled mexicans and east europeans....

  • @Sterlingjob Try every nation on the face of the Earth. The UK as well as others live vicariously through us. They have since World War II. And I welcome it. Our friends and allies have no better friend or ally than us. Quit being a jealous Jenny and learn to love liberty, industry, free markets, and the American way of life. Long live the USA

  • @NevadaWrangler Most other developed countries have liberty, industry and free markets and none of these ideas were invented in your country, and all existed before the U.S. even was a country. And Guantanamo, the depression, and loose antitrust controls are examples of why you're not a shining example in any department right now. I really think America is great but you need to try out Europe, lose the arrogance and love your country for what it is, not for what you've been told it is.

  • @2departed america is shit

  • @letmusiclive89 and its still the best place on earth!

  • @letmusiclive89 and this shit rules the world you butt scratcher. And by the way ass hole without us you were freezing to death up there without food and all the shit we supply you, canadian faggot

  • what did it drop at 0:02

  • @warboy2010 Flare

  • @Leviathandk Lol that guy thought it was a jdam :D

  • @Leviathandk it's chaff

  • @itubeit09 not chaff, it's doesn't need chaff. Chaff was used during WWII to confuse German radar. This is a flare to disrupt the heat seeking potential of ground to air missiles.

  • @redhotsun51 the B-1 DOES use both chaff and flares. I'm a B-1 maintainer and I've seen the weapons guys loading both.

  • @kbrown9ful where are you stationed?

  • @hawkplaya94 Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX

  • @kbrown9ful i live like and hour and a half away from there i love making road trips and going spotting..matter of fact i went on a walk like an hour ago and a b-1 passed over at maybe 15,000 headed south east

  • @Leviathandk what a missile shoot at it

  • @kirbyroxy I think that was the B-1's way of saying hello to the troops down below.

  • @warboy2010 a care package.

  • anyone who is not a 14 year old boy raised on command and conquer series and knows a little bit of history will tell you that millitairy is only usefull aganst other millitairy. its not a solution to all problems and obstacles although the misconseption among some young men that it is. hormones -you need to read more into darwinism to understand that. although this misconception umong politicians is a more complex matter.

  • i do have to add that im not against the cause of fighting terrorism, but the way its been conducted. it is based on stupid concept which looks to be derived from a computer game: the more firepower equals more death and destruction which will in turn lead to greater effect on the enemy. real life doesnt work that way. its a lesson we havent even learned from vietnam yet: when you are fighting ideology, bigger guns wont necessairy tells that yours is better

  • What if you lived in a place run by these thugs? You walk out the door and see you neighbour hanging off a tree branch for not following sharia law hard enough. You dont say: Ah well, atleast they are hanging people in their own country.

  • Not doing anything? What about 9/11 and all the other countless al qaida attacks and their followers all around the world. You see, I dont believe this all is done by Bush, CIA, Illuminatti, aliens or whatever conspiracy theorists believe in. We live in a small world today, borders dont mean all that much to me and I dont care where they are: Greenland, Scotland, Easter Island - bad people are always be bad no matter where they are! And Im not American btw

  • European soldiers cheering while American technology toasts a bunch of 7th Century barbarians... liberals would be wetting their panties over this...

  • God bless all the troops

    

  • Bet they don't get a missle lock on that bird.

  • That is fucking sweet. Too bad they can't go that fast at airshows at home.

  • God damn technology is sexy.

  • loud isnt it :)

  • The sound of freedom assaults you!

  • @ramv36 That's the sound of freedom to Americans and our friends and allies; it's the sound of justice and vengance to our enemies.

  • Even more awesome is being about 300 feet from one when all four engines go into full aug and it starts its takeoff roll. :-)

  • The B-1 can carry more payload than a B-52; Has 1/100th the radar return; Is super-sonic; More agile (it's a giant fighter jet); Carries an impressive EW suite; Drops precision munitions; Maintainer friendly especially compared to the B-52 (I know, I worked on both)....I would say if either of these two were ready for retirement, it's the B-52. Great service record, but long in the tooth.

  • @afretired04 You said the B-1B is maintainer friendly? Ive read countless times how expensive and hard it is to keep them flying. B-52H on the other hand is a breeze. I agree on all the other facts though. Its one of the reasons why the USAF plans on retiring them soon enough but not the B-52's.

  • @TuAFFalcon By maintainer friendly I meant that components, engines, etc, were easily accessable. But, yes, expensive to keep flying. I found the B-52 more difficult to work on, and it's a greasy/slimy pig in the equipment bays.

  • @afretired04 Ah ye, hope the B-1R happens. Its a beautiful aircraft.

  • My uncle was with Rockwell for 20 years on the line. He helped build the tail section on the jet you see flying here. He is now retired from Boeing. Speaking with him over the years I can tell you this: The only draw back to the B1 is COST. It is a very expensive craft to maintain & operate. It is one of, if not THE most complex jets flying to date & that includes the F-117 & the B2. This comming from a man that spent his life building aircraft with Rockwell & Boeing.

  • thanks all countrys who helped kill bastereds involved in 911, but trust me , that will never happen again, a few arab cowards got lucky, but with new security i guarentee that shit will never happen again! god bless the free world! and god bless AMERICA!

  • whats that at 0:03

  • @1700tc

    A Flare, the automated defence system must have picked up a 'ping' from the ground, happens.

  • @BigBullBully Nah dude the JTAC requested it for the SOF the crew did. There's no such system that picks up "ground pings" on the B-1 that causes automatic release.

  • For all those that say the B-1 is outdated, let get the facts straight. The Bone is the highly requested bomber in the FOL right now and has beenfor the last few years. Their the ones flying around the clock over there. Not B-2s. As far as stealth, who really cares. We're not even fighting any enemies over in the sandbox where it matters. There are plenty of countermeasures on the Bone if ther is trouble. And last, the B-2 can't haul ass to the troops when they need the close air support. Done..

  • Woohoo Dansker!

  • Wings swept and MOVING.

  • wena xoroooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

  • 4 Taliban fighters disliked this video as the B1 was responsible for sending 100s of their buddies to hell.

  • @edge1966...Just what we need, another war...Awesome video Leviathandk !!!

  • The assholes republacrats want to retire this useful marvel so that they can give more money to the bankers that destroyed this country. I say prosecute these traitors, put them in a stadium and let a Bone unload.

  • Announced today....the USAF is formulating plans to get within budget amounts.

    Believe or not, retiring ALL THE B-1 bombers is on the table !!!

    People, with the huge costs of the war, the weak economy and Obama...

    we are disarming.

    Don't believe my words, please check this for yourelf.

    Yes, things have gotten that bad for this country.

  • @rampking1 yep, its Obama doing all of it, because hes the dictator of America, we have no other decision making bodies, like a Senate, that make decisions regarding spending.

    For the B-1s nuclear aspect: ever heard of an ICBM? Its capable of delivering a larger payload, easier to make, automated, harder to shoot down, and easier to store/hide.

    For the b-1s conventional aspect: there are plenty of newer, faster stealth aircraft for that, + B-52's.

    Therefore, the B-1 is outdated (see B-2).

  • @exugoareo First of all, there are less than 24 total B-2's.

    The F-117 has been retired and parked in the desert.

    B-52's are almost 50 years old.

    F-111 is retired.

    ICBM's have little flexibility after launch, it's going to come down somewhere.

    Obama has announced that we are going to unilaterally further reduce our nuclear warheads, I can supply the news link if you want.

    hey, Bush stunk too, okay?

  • @rampking1 "25 total B-2's" context?

    -I was unaware the F-117 was the only stealth aircraft the US had, I guess the F-22/35 are Russian.

    -Yes they are old, but we have no aircraft to supersede them, unlike the B-2 has.

    -lastly, rampking was not taking about realistic disarmament to preserve peace, he was referring to the right wing "Obamas turning us into France" type disarmament.

  • @exugoareo 21 total B-2's built, minus one that crashed at Anderson AFB in Guam, twenty left.

    The F-35 is over-budget and years behind in development and the total number of F-22 is a mere fraction of it's original production order.

    Neither is a dedicated bomber with long range.

    The B-52 is a 1950's design, the B-1 from 1970's, which one would you take into a battle?

    Is there another rampking you are talking to? Obama & France?

    Don Rumsfield and Bush decimated the Pentagon as well.

  • @rampking1 Still dont get where you're going with the number of B-1's.

    Let me sum it up, the B-1 , F-35, and F-22 can all cary prescision munitions, but the B-1 is neither vtol or stealth capabilities.

    The B-1, B-52 and B-2 all have higher load capacities that the F-35 and F-22, but the B-1 lacks the stealth capabilities of the B-2, and the extreme load capacities of the B-52.

    So the B-1 is obsolete.

    Also, no, I thought you were someone else defending you.

  • @exugoareo The F-22 and F-35 don't have the range of the B-1...how do you compare? This was a huge problem in Afghanistan after 9/11, no nearby accessible airfields. It was the B-1 that got there.

    The B-1 is very close to the B-52 in numbers of JDAM bombs carried, intercontinental range* and plus is supersonic*.

    You are going to count on subsonic 50 year old aircraft and a total of 20 B-2's to carry out the mission?

    Parking the B-1 will effectively cut our bomber force by aprox. 40%.

  • @rampking1

    We still have 95 B-52s and 17 B-2 bombers, plus a bunch of F-15 Strike Eagles.

    Relax, there oh paranoid cowboy.

    The B-1 isn't supersonic to the level of its original design spec, its good for only short jaunts at high speed because they engineered it out due to cost and complexity of the variable inlets.

  • @monkeyman1140

    First, F-15E's are not intercontinental or even transcontinental bombers.

    There isn't always a nearby friendly country that will allow us to use their airfield.

    The B-52's are really "Bomb-TRUCKS" now, not bombers that have any chance in a hostile air environment. The B-52's design is over 50 years old and indeed has a long service life, but we are not talking about commercial DC-9's here.

    The B-1 is supersonic when it needs to be, .....over-target.

  • @monkeyman1140 I believe we have 96 B-1's? Production craft #2 was a stress model, and we have lost 3 in service. I could be wrong. I built both the B-1 (#2 through #86) and the early B2 (DEVELOPEMENT THROUGH #3) I dont remember variable inlets? do you mean the engine intakes? They were fixed on both the B-1A and B-1B Models. I do know that the engines and airframe were very capable of sustained supersonic cruise at high altitude.

  • @rampking1

    the B-52 will be used until 2040. The B-1's maximum service life will end at 2027.

  • @monkeyman1140 I've read account of how B-52's broke the will of the Iraqi Republican Guard during Desert Storm II.

    JDAMS have also given the B-52s the ability to perform precision attacks.

    But this was performed after air supremacy was achieved and most SAM sites destroyed.

    The B-1 btw can carry more JDAMS and other surgical strike than a B-52.

    I'm thinking more about getting our pilots home alive after a mission rather than service life.

  • @monkeyman1140 I cannot belive you are placing all your bets on 20 B-2 Bombers.

    As the Luftwaffe learned in 1944-45, a few superior aircraft do not always decide the outcome of a war.

    Btw, you know about the world most populous country and now #2 economy and how much of it's GNP they are spending on "defense" year to year?

  • @monkeyman1140 The B-1 is a high performance aircraft so of course the stresses on the air frame will shorten its life. Its a Ferrari that can nuke. But even a span to 2027 is cost effective. It works and thats all that matters.

  • @exugoareo By the way, if you looked at my comment I did NOT lay all on Obama.

    He was the third on my list.

    The war in Afghanistan and Iraq are draining the military much like what the Vietnam Conflict did to the military.

    With the present economy,trade deficit and the government in debt up to it's eyeballs there is little money for anything.

  • Haha :P "Hold nu op man!" ;) Det er jo altid fedt at få et lille kick når sådan en fætter suser forbi ;)

  • BADASS

  • one of the best flybys ive heard on youtube

  • My uncle flys those.

  • fuck me ... awesome noise

  • air force huaaaahhh

  • goddamnit, cool,

    greetz, Dutch JTAC

  • Man I love it when this jet comes back with bombs missing and we get to load her back up and send her on her way again.

  • hehe. well in the middle east, its a case of hear it, look up. and say goodbye! :)

  • American might need i say more. I wish Obama had a pair of balls so we could unleash hell on Iran.