BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 03:00:40 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

WHY THE US AIR FORCE REPLACED 33 FEET OF A B-1B BOMBER'S SPINE 3 MONTHS EARLY...

In May, one Rockwell B-1 Lancer left Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research with a new 33-foot section welded into its upper spine.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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