The Air Force Is Stripping a B-1 Bomber Down to Its Bolts to Make a Digital Twin

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Two Memories Come to Mind, Space A Hop stop in Somewhere, Nowhere Texas, Tumbleweeds Rolling across the Runway, Waiting for My Plane to Refuel standing on the Runway Seeing a B-1 doing Pre-Flight. Seen it Several Times on Other Aircraft, Then the Plane Captain on the Ground Signaled the Pilot and I saw Something I'd Never Seen Before the Whole Tail Section Turn "INT WTF!" I was Instantly In Love with that Aircraft. 2nd Time was Reentering the Strait of Juan de Fuca returning from Home. Part of a Military Exercise, We Became a Target for a B-1. Watching that SOB Shoot Over Us at Incredible Speed was Marvelous!

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel You describe Dyess AFB well, that's the school house for the B-1.

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Same parts with probably less wear on them

1stSgt Nelson Kerr That makes sense.

I've flown over it a few times, it's even more amazing from above.

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - I would imagine.