B1 flight test
The United States Air Force’s new Bl bomber flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time yesterday on its sixth flight! test, took on fuel from ai KCI3S tanker for the first! time. and opened its! weapons bay doors. The! flight lasted six hours and; twenty-three minutes. — Ed-1 wards Air Force Base, Cali-! fornia, April 11.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33816, 12 April 1975, Page 15
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62B1 flight test Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33816, 12 April 1975, Page 15
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