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Heres a boondoggle in the making:

B-1 RECONSTITUTION WILL COST $3 BILLION; ACTION ON HOLD, USAF SAYS
Bringing almost two dozen B-1 bombers out of retirement will cost the Air Force $3 billion between fiscal years 2005 and 2009, according to a senior Defense Department official.

Heres more on this:

http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCArticleB1.asp

sorry for going off topic...but that is a cool website...you can look at the inventory and see the tail numbers that are currently at AMARC....Kinda cool...

The B-1s...when they left Robins many people were worried about their jobs (with good reason) but then ended up moving those guard personnel over the the JSTARS and are now a joint active duty/guard unit...

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Lemme guess. The unretired Bones will be housed in SD somewhere, right?

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There could be a new Dale Brown novel in the making here.

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Isn't there a decent chance of an EB-1 standoff jammer?



Edited by - viperttb on Feb 08 2004 10:03 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Isn't there a decent chance of an EB-1 standoff jammer? <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

nope, that's going to the EB-52.

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gotta say though, it would be hella cool to see a strike package rolling in at mach.9 under the wing of an escorting EB-1B !
"crack THIS code Ivan" snap! lol

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Cool

An article a few years back kicked around both planes as potential platforms. http://home.datawest.net/dawog/vaq132/s ... jammer.htm

I guess they decided which one they are goin' with

I have an image of a EB-1B popping over a ridgeline at 600kts and loosing a salvo of HARMs at enemy radar sites, lol.

A Bone could probably carry a couple hundred HARMs, lol.

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HARM is dead wood as it exists now, but when the "C" Quickbolt version gets online....... heh heh heh

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The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Considernig the B-1's history, my mental image is of an EB-1B popping over a ridgeline, flipping on its EW gear and frying its strike package, along with itself, all in formation right into the ground...

They say, "To understand a man, you have to walk a mile in his shoes," but his clownshoe proved a most uncomfortable fit.

If they replace the EA-6B with EB-52/01's, things are goijng to get real crowded, real fast on the carriers!<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

Hajji, you can run, but why die tired?

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lol, it would only take about 10-15 CVs end to end (with retractable superstructures) to provide the distance lol Timing of sea state would be criticle lol Could probly just snag the fantail with the braking chute for landing? right? right?

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I will thell you this you will not get the first Bone that was sent to the yard in the air ever again unless you jack it.

live to wrench,wrench to live and 727's do truly suck

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Ina newsgroup disscusion about the pros and cons of VG, this was posted
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Subject: Re: Swing Wings: Yea or Neah?
Date: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:19 PM


It seems in the US, the F14 and F111 were the last to go with( you forgot
the B-1) I hate to admit it but I worked these pigs, and they had more
hydralic leaks on the wings than the B-52s. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

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