The Supersonic Bone: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber. Cet article n’est pas disponible.The Supersonic Bone: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber

Profusely illustrated and well researched this volume offers a comprehensive examination of the USAF’s B-1 bomber. It traces the aircraft’s origins to early Cold War efforts to replace the B-52, including the abortive B-70 Valkyrie and the cancelled B-1A, before charting the revival of the programme as the B-1B in 1981 amid renewed strategic competition. Entering service in 1986 with notable deficiencies, the B-1B evolved rapidly as these were resolved and its nuclear role receded with the end of the Cold War. Reconfigured as a high-speed, long-range platform for conventional precision strike, the B-1B first saw combat in Iraq in 1998 and subsequently proved highly effective in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Libya and Syria. Combining technical analysis with detailed operational history, the book documents the BONE’s transformation into one of the most versatile strike aircraft of the modern era.

Educated in aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan, KENNETH P. KATZ has over three decades of experience as an US Air Force officer, flight test engineer, and project manager. He is currently employed as a staff project engineer for a major aerospace contractor. Katz has a commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating, flight experience as an observer and crewmember in over 20 types of military aircraft and is a Senior Member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers. He is the author of three patents, several conference papers, and two previous books about the subject of modern military aircraft. Katz currently lives in Connecticut in the United States.