Need a ‘New’ B-1B Lancer Bomber? Then You Need to Go to the ‘Boneyard’

Need a ‘New’ B-1B Lancer Bomber? Then You Need to Go to the ‘Boneyard’

Key Points and Summary – Last year, the Air Force pulled B-1B 86-0115 “Rage” out of the Arizona boneyard, swapping it in for 86-0126 “Hungry Devil,” whose deep structural repairs proved costlier and slower than reviving a stored jet. It follows the earlier return of “Lancelot” and could be joined by another after a 2024 crash—part of a broader push to keep at least 92 bombers mission-ready. A 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer flies ove…