"The U.S. Air Force's B-1 Bomber Is Back" Topic
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Tango01 | 30 Sep 2020 8:27 p.m. PST |
" Integrated Battle Station represents an exciting leap forward in the modernization of the famous bombers. An eight-year-long project to install the Integrated Battle Station (IBS) on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule, the United States Air Force announced. A total of sixty of the late Cold War-era aircraft went through the modification process, which began in late 2012. It was reported to be the largest and most complicated modification performed to date on the B-1 and it gave the flight deck a completely new look. The battle station was developed as three separate modifications that included a Fully Integrated Data Link, Vertical Situational Display Unit and Central Integrated Test System. "During development, it became obvious that modifying the same aircraft three times would be detrimental to aircraft availability and would create numerous aircraft configurations," said William Barnes, B-1B Systems program manager at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. "Thus Integrated Battle Station was born." …"
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Thresher01 | 03 Oct 2020 1:00 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 08 Oct 2020 10:00 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed them my friend! (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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