B-1
Americannoun
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B-1's
plural
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Etymology
Origin of B-1
First recorded in 1970–75
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B-1 bombers housed at Britain’s RAF Fairford exposed an Achilles’ heel in U.K. defenses: its air bases are far from drone-proof.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Every loss of a B-1 has become more concerning now that the U.S. has so few of them—some 44 today, down from 100 in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The B-1 Lancer bombers which have now left each cost about $330 million.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The U.S. removed all its B-1 bombers from the U.K.’s RAF Fairford air base, a decision stemming from security concerns over suspected terror plots against the facility, American officials said Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
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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