Rockwell B-1A Experimental Bomber

[@mountedpatrolman]

The B-1 is such a beautiful aircraft, I hope it sees more modernization.

[@keirfarnum6811]

It’s the sexiest bomber ever made. (Wolf whistle!)

[@johnmendez9849]

My mother worked for Rockwell on the autopilot systems for B1 at the Lilydale Victoria plant during the 70's.

[@HBCOU]

Females don't count

[@minhpham-yh9qn]

Badass lady

[@johnmendez9849]

@@minhpham-yh9qn Thanks

[@enterthekraken]

I had no idea there were any aircraft facilities out there! I only knew of the ones at fisherman’s bend.

[@jasonhager1454]

The 1st time I had even heard of the Bone was in 2002. I didn't even know what I was looking at. It was at the OKC, OK air show. It was on the ground where you could walk around it. I thought it looked like a space shuttle.

[@kineticdeath]

B-1B afterburner takeoff is something trully special. Will never forget Avalon 2011 when 1 made a full flying display

[@zerojin2]

별칭 '죽음의 백조'라고 불렸던 시절의 영상들이네요 ㅎㄷㄷㄷ

[@WaVeTECH-b9z]

The strength and performance of these machines are truly unmatched!

[@slowery43]

thank youu Cpt Obvious

[@Driver130-oe8ff]

Can we get a video of the B1-R also , wich was like a concept from the airforce with a different tail and extras , theres not much info about it but would be cool to see something about it yk

[@ricjona1069]

This is juvenile. When are they coming out with the reconnaissance model. The BoneR?

[@stickiedmin6508]

Would you believe the B-1R actually existed as a concept? (The "R" standing for "regional") None were built, but the idea was seriously considered.

[@MatthewBecker-wq2xp]

🤔 I can only assume that the fuselage of the B-1R was considerably longer than that of the A or B model

[@smelkus]

Is the B1A and YF17 the only canceled aircraft that went developed into another aircraft the B1B and FA18 hornet

[@thelandofnod123]

The YF-17 wasn't cancelled though.

[@smelkus]

@thelandofnod123 it lost out to the F16 I consider a plane losing out to a competor such as the F23 or X32 to be almost the same as being cancelled

[@thelandofnod123]

@ They are in fact two distinctly different things though.

[@christianhorner001]

If only Australia had a replacement or upgrade for the retired F111

[@frank-ko6de]

F111 is an American plane. Your country has no intelligence or even the money to create such a thing g. It's just a deluded nonsense running its nonsense colonizing mouth.

[@rocketpunchgo1]

Not the B1A, but the first plane I worked on in the Air Force 2000-2004 was the B1B. I had loved that thing ever since I was a kid, and it's in my top 5 (maybe 6...) favorite planes of all time. (And yes, the SR-71 Blackbird is my #1, and it should be yours too) EDIT: ewww Dyess.

[@bowencreer3922]

@@rocketpunchgo1 I used to live at dyess. Lol

[@janusz4156]

B-1B - only with B-2A bomber for player in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon and Infinity. 50 years of B-1 in 2024.

[@Taketimeout3]

My mother was a Chinese spy with a poor Australian accent. She married a kangaroo and they produced me, a panda bear with a new Zealand accent.

[@briancooper2112]

Have a fubar sandwich.

[@wozza77able]

That’s rough

[@Taketimeout3]

@@wozza77able But people think I'm cute! And the CCCP pay me lots of money and I get free lodging in a zoo next door to the man who wears a bear suit. Yeah, that one.

[@mrautismo420]

More believable than the people claiming their relatives built the sr71 😂

[@MetalFalcon99]

@@mrautismo420 I met a guy at an air show that said he had the “blue” prints of the black bird in a safe

[@ancliuin2459]

Always had more fascination to me than the B version, thank you for this video!

[@MilitaryTalkingBush]

B-1a is great!

[@lycanthropeify]

Wasn’t the B1B smaller the the B1A?

[@HeathenFitness]

Let’s go!!!

[@AndreVanDiggelen-wl3fx]

It wasn't known at the time that the new Mig had very short legs. The mig had only a 15 minute envelope in which it could go all out to catch a bomber. after that all his fuel is gone.

[@BobGeogeo]

At the time B-1B losing the variable intakes for lower speed was and cost was a big public facing aspect. Stealth was mostly or totally not mentioned publicly. Also at the time, Republicans liked North American Rockwell.

[@janlindtner305]

👍👍👍

[@MrErikchaugen]

The Bone is badass!!

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

A GREAT Posting video of the B-1 (B-ONE) And a great company manufacture 'Rockwell International'!! but..... just one thing ~kinda bothers me..... The B-1A had that prominent spine along its back ... from the cockpit to the vertical tail, but in Your videos you are showing the B-1B, withOUT that spine on the ventral side of the aircraft. Then, you showed a B-1A (desert camo) With the spine along the back of the plane. Just out of curiosity.... does the B-1A (all of them) had that spine?? Or am I mistaken?? From a USN Veteran 84 - 05

[@raafdocumentaries]

Because of limited footage we used some B-1B footage. Footage of the black looking ones are early B-1Bs. the white one and desert one are B-1As and the green camo one in the photo is a B-1B testbed using a B-1A.

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

@@raafdocumentaries I understand.... it IS a Great posting of the B-1, I just wasn't sure. Thank you for answering So VERY Quickly!! Your narration and reviewing history of the plane is Exceptional!! Home of Rockwell International, in Downey, CA! (or what use to be)

[@OmarAmador-w7t]

That’s a majesty. Always loved this plane since the first time that I saw it on the military magazine in the 80’s. ❤❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍✊✊ GO AUSSIES ‼️‼️‼️

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

We need more aesthetics in our world. More pointy planes. Sharp lines. B2 is cool...but B1 is beautiful

[@frankleespeaking9519]

That video at 2:22 of the xb-70 climbing away is some good bomber porn.

[@JamesPowell-jc4mo]

The valkarie was a beautiful plane what a shame.

[@hotlanta35]

Bad ass

[@seanhewitt603]

Why wasn't the B-1A converted over to Airforce One? I mean... Jeepers, what other airframe could equal the protections given by such an aircraft?

[@ChamplainDivision]

No way! There is not enough internal room inside the B-1A's fuselage to convert it to a passenger carrying aircraft accommodating Flight Crew, Presidential Staff and Press Corps. The very similar looking, but much larger, original design offered for the Boeing Supersonic Transport (SST), the Model 733, would have been a better candidate for the Air Force One mission.

[@seanhewitt603]

@ChamplainDivision fuck the press

[@WocketInMyPocket_]

@@ChamplainDivision the only difference is that was just a design. The B-1 is a reality. You definitely make good points but those points are for the sake of the other passengers. Hypothetically speaking. I think the B-1 would be perfect for Air Force One if say the world was at war. Something that can get in and out extremely fast. Get the president out of dodge from virtually anywhere. Unlimited range with aerial refueling. Of course no where near as spacious but never the less. It would be a good doomsday Air Force one. Plus imagine the upgrades a B-1 carrying the president would get. Would be a beast if a plane to imagine. 😮‍💨

[@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey]

You can't blame the Navy for rejecting the F 111. They needed a fleet interceptor and they didn't need an Air Force bomber forced on them.

[@JackNiles-hc8yz]

It was a joint development, but the Navy's requirements added a lot of weight and wound up dooming the aircraft for their own use.

[@olengagallardo8551]

There's a joke about the F111 it was a useless aircraft for every theatre of operations..unless the U.S. intended to invade Canada 😊

[@jasonkoval4750]

B-70 would not have been stoppable at Mach 3. Same way that an SR-71 or A-12 would not be nailed by a SAM. Cancellation was due too McNamara's idiotic approach. He and LBJ had a hard-on for Viet Nam. spurred on by the defense industry.

[@joezeed-g4h]

The pin flying sir.😅

[@sabercruiser.7053]

🔥🔥⚡🦅⚡🦅🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🌠🌠😎😎👍👍

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Great idea canceling the B1a. Who might that have been?

[@johnorlitta]

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe I think that was during the Carter administration?

[@stickiedmin6508]

The guy who knew the imminent B-2 was going to make it obsolete and unnecessary.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

@stickiedmin6508 Which aircraft will serve longer? Which bomber has dropped more ordinance? Ridiculous comparison.

[@stickiedmin6508]

@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe The B-2, obviously. The B-1A never entered service.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

@stickiedmin6508 B2 not in even available. Ridiculous argument!

[@tyrantfox7801]

B1 with white paint scheme looks like Tupolev Tu 160 at a glance

[@ZATennisFan]

Where do you think the USSR nicked the design from 😂

[@pyro1047]

​@@ZATennisFanThe Concord supersonic airliner looks suspiciously like the B-1A too, doesn't it? Same way the F-20 Tigershark was held back and doomed by the US Government, meanwhile the Israelis were developing an aircraft suspiciously copying many of its features almost identically, and their cooperation with China would lead eventually lead to the current joint China/Pakistan JF-17 (Of course Israel had pulled back cooperation by this point, but geniusly had already transferred their designs; which China was able to further modify and use without having to pay a thing...).

[@Maxfr8]

The Bone Doctor

[@jasc4364]

Impressive plane, it's a pity that they are useless in these "missile" times.

[@EstorilEm]

Its payload capacity is still exceptional, it has a place behind stealth aircraft in the days after a war breaks out, or in areas that aren’t defended by modern SAMs. Most will be employed with stand-off weapons these days, and in that role it’s lethal.

[@manuwilson4695]

Total bullshit about Victor Belenko revealing ANYTHING about the MIG 31. He was not involved in the design of even the MIG 25, let alone the futurist MIG 31!!! 🙄. BLOODY NONSENSE!...I stopped watching the video at this point. 👎