Capstone
FILE PHOTO -- The B-2 Spirit approaches the boom of a McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey KC-10A Extender during a Capstone orientation flight. Capstone is a Joint Airborne/Air Transportability Training mission providing interservice training for the wartime application of airlift. Through Capstone, senior level officers are able to observe the significance of airlift and its role in all military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott H. Spitzer)
Checking out the B-1B for combat
Airmen 1st Class Michael Huber (from left), Phillip Rhinehart and Matthew Beard load GBU-38s onto a B-1B Lancer Nov. 11, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The Airmen are deployed with the aircraft from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert
Checking out the B-1B for combat
Capts. Patrick Sines (left) and Scott Martley, 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron weapons systems officers, perform preflight checks on a B-1B Lancer Nov. 11, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Captains Sines and Martley are deployed with the aircraft from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
Checking out the B-1B for combat
Staff Sgt. Daniel Gordon marshals a B1-B Lancer as it taxis at an air base in Southwest Asia before a combat mission Nov. 11, 2009. The multi-mission B-1 is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force. Sergeant Gordon is with the 37th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
Ready in a moment?s notice
B-1B Lancers sit on the flightline Sept. 26, 2009, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The B-1B can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and nonprecision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua J. Seybert)
B-1B aircrews bring unique capabilities to the fight
Capt. Aaron Wargo works his way through preflight checklists from the co-pilot seat in the cockpit of a B-1B Lancer Dec. 9 at an air base in Southwest Asia. A preflight crew prepares the aircraft for flight in order to allow the crew actually flying to maximize their available flight time. Captain Wargo hails from Garden Grove, Calif., and is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. He is a pilot assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette)
Airmen keep B-1B ready for bombs on target
The bomb bay of a B-1B Lancer is loaded and ready for another mission Jan. 29 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1B is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)
The bomb bay of a B-1B Lancer is loaded and ready for another mission Jan. 29 at an air base in Southwest Asia. The B-1B is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)
B1-B Lancer upgrade will triple payload
An assortment of 500-pound and 2,000-pound joint direct attack munitions are connected to a multiple ejector rack on a B-1B Lancer March 31, 2011, at a weapons load barn at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. If fielded, a 16-carry modified rotary launcher will increase the number of 500-pound JDAMs and laser-guided JDAMs carried by a B-1B from 15 to 48, a 320 percent increase in capability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Shannon Hall)
Mấy cụ B-52 chiến lược giờ đang nằm phơi nắng ở sa mạc Arizona hết nè:Gia_Định nói:
Có thể nói... B-52 dù có bị bắn "rụng như sung" cũng vẫn còn "nhiều như ong"...
Cũng giống như Hạm đội Phòng bị của Hải quân, Không Lực Mỹ có hàng nghìn chiếc máy bay đủ loại đang "mothball", đóng nhộng tằm, để dự trù hoặc làm đồ phụ tùng. So ra thì số lượng máy bay này của Mỹ cũng đứng hàng 2, 3 trên thế giới... sau No. 1 là Không Lực Mỹ.
Nhìn cái "nghĩa địa" máy bay mà ham:
