B-1
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of B-1
First recorded in 1970–75
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B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers have also attacked Iran from overseas bases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
If you get an offer for a full-time job, you can apply for a B-1 work visa/permit.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer bombers previously flew up to and along the Venezuelan coast.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Two B-1 Lancers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday and flew near Venezuela, though they remained in international airspace, according to a U.S. official and flight tracking data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The Pentagon's budget more than doubled from 1981 to 1986, as America added new nuclear missiles, the Trident nuclear submarine, and the B-1 nuclear bomber.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Damadio agreed with Mann — B-1’s growth plates appeared to be fused, which would mean she had stopped growing — but no other women had been reported missing, and Katricia Dotson was still unaccounted for.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
But he would later recall the occipital bone when he learned that B-1’s skull was never recovered.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
First of all, the idea that the B-1's future is in doubt highlights just how tight Air Force leaders believe military budgets are going to get.
From Time ● Jun. 28, 2010
Finally, the notion that the B-1's fate is in play suggests just how quickly air warfare is changing.
From Time ● Jun. 28, 2010
Even earlier, as the 33-year-old chief of research for the Pentagon during the Kennedy Administration, Brown had helped to kill the B-1's precursor, the high-flying B-70, as too vulnerable to Soviet air defenses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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