An exciting leap forward in the modernization of the famous bombers.
Here s What You Need to Know: The upgrades come even as the U.S. Air Force has suggested it could retire the B-1B Lancer beginning in 2025.
An eight-year-long project to install the Integrated Battle Station (IBS) on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule, the United States Air Force announced. A total of sixty of the late Cold War-era aircraft went through the modification process, which began in late 2012. It was reported to be the largest and most complicated modification performed to date on the B-1 and it gave the flight deck a completely new look.