B-1
Americannoun
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B-1's
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of B-1
First recorded in 1970–75
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They join a fleet of US military planes now stationed at the base after a B-1 Lancer bomber arrived on Friday evening, followed by two more on Saturday.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
On Friday, a US B-1 bomber was seen landing at RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 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
This week, the U.S. flew Air Force B-1 bombers near Venezuela and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier, which is currently deployed in the Mediterranean, to the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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
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
In Kerley’s opinion, B-1’s growth plates were still fusing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
But the true threat was now sloshing through assorted compartments and chambers of the B-1’s left wing.
From Time ● Jan. 7, 2014
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
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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