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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

In Kerley’s opinion, B-1’s growth plates were still fusing.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

The unseen flames were toasting the left side of the B-1’s fuselage—and one of the plane’s several fuel tanks, just inches away.

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