Asian Aerospace 2002 : B1 Bone

[afiend]

One of the highlights of the Asian Aerospace is no doubt the B1 Bone, one of America's lethal bombers


The aircraft


Its specifications

[afiend]

The B1 was my favorite in the aerial display


The bomb bays... the heart of the B1 Bone


This one apparently has seen combat recently...

[afiend]

The bombers don't fly without escort. Accompanying them in their flight are fighters that protect the less nimble bombers from enemy interceptor aircraft. Also traveling with them to Singapore was a aircraft tanker.

[afiend]

This is my favourite shot from AA2002.

[edit : this pic was solarized with Photoshop ]

[nutz]

Quote: Originally posted by afiend This is my favourite shot from AA2002.

what time was it when u took this shot?

[Tweek]

Quote: Originally posted by nutz what time was it when u took this shot?

My guess is that this shot was heavily adjusted in photoshop (or other photo-editting softwares).

btw, nice shots of the B1, afiend! It truly is a huge bombshell, erm, bomber.

oh yar, when I was there, one of the B1s (I think the name's black widow) had a problem with the retractable ladder, the ladder just wouldn't retract! The crew had to push and punch the bugger to get it properly tucked inside the fuselage. It's kinda amusing, to see a huge and lethal bomber with such worn-down mechanisms. But I guess this one's a veteran, been through wars, so is naturally prone to injuries.

[Wai]

Quote: Originally posted by afiend This is my favourite shot from AA2002. [edit : this pic was solarized with Photoshop ]

wah...if there is a flight simulator game based on this plane....it can be use for the box cover already

[Wai]

Quote: Originally posted by afiend This one apparently has seen combat recently... [/b]

probably just come back from bombing of some country?

hmm...but this kind of thing...i dun think they are dumb enough to left behind all these info behind? probably are fake one?

wonder what are those missle represent....may be they have one missle sticker if they hit on target?

[Flare]

Usually those represent kills... But for a bomber??? Maybe it represent hits-on-targets.

[Goose]

i think it could be the number of sorties flown.

[rueyloon]

wah. .a LtCol and a Major, isnt' that very high ranking ?

[Wai]

Quote: Originally posted by rueyloon wah. .a LtCol and a Major, isnt' that very high ranking ?

i dun think so....US army so big...u tot it is like S'pore meh?

i think the amount of LTC in US is like CPT in S'pore

[extreme2]

Quote: Originally posted by kamwai i dun think so....US army so big...u tot it is like S'pore meh? i think the amount of LTC in US is like CPT in S'pore

Not really true... because B1B is very expensive and these machine can carry nuclear weapons. Thus need a high ranking officers with many years of experience to command.