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B-1 STRATEGIC BOMBER

B-1 Dimensions/Performance

Maximum Speed: 1.6 Mach at high altitudes (2.2 Mach with variable engine inlets installed)
.85 Mach at 200 feet (61 meters)
Range: Intercontinental (unrefueled)
Tanker Support: Existing KC-135 tankers
Crew: Four: pilot, copilot and two systems operators (provisions for two instructors)
Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight: 395,000 pounds (175,500 kilograms)
Weapons Payload: Approximately twice that of the B-52

24 SRAM internally
or
75,000 pounds (34,020 kilograms)
of bombs internally
Length: 151 feet (46 meters)
Height: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Wing Span

Forward:
Swept:
Wing Span

137 feet (41.8 meters)
78 feet (23.8 meters)

All information on this page is from the USAF Fact Sheet of May 1976 regarding B-1 Strategic Bomber aircraft. aeroengineer.net only provided the web design for this page.