Forum: Modern Military Aircraft

I was reading on Wikipedia about the YF-23 and while I read in there it mentioned something called the B-1R. Supposedly it is competing with the F/B-22, and YF-23 bomber for the regional bomber role. It didn't say much except that it has greater speed and less range because it uses the F-22's engine instead of its original. Do any of you know anything else?

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LWF wrote:

I was reading on Wikipedia about the YF-23 and while I read in there it mentioned something called the B-1R. Supposedly it is competing with the F/B-22, and YF-23 bomber for the regional bomber role. It didn't say much except that it has greater speed and less range because it uses the F-22's engine instead of its original. Do any of you know anything else?

I'm fairly certain at this point it hasn't gotten beyond the PowerPoint stage. Seems like a lot of work to re-engine a beast that is pretty good at the job it does now, especially given that we do not have that many airframes. Either a stretch FB-23 or FB-22 would be better (should be BF or just give it a B designation). I personally like the idea of using a stretched F-23 airframe reusing as much of the F22 avionics as possible.

-MArk

Can you imagine being some poor third world guy tooling about in a MiG-21, and having a giant B-1 run you down, and kill you?

Seems to me to be the perfect way to ruin your [Link pending approval] Devil

Eitherway, it sounds like a pretty interesting concept to me.

B-1R is a weapons truck which has attracted little attention from USAF Brass.It would hypothetically ripple launch air to air missiles (2-3 at a time)and then high tail it out of there when the enemy caught on.It also possesses air to ground capability the same as the B-1/B-1b.
interesting but little biased account of future air to air warfare which involves B-1R;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMrAYSxY ... re=related
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