A B-1B bomber crash at Ellsworth Air Force Base in January was the result of pilot error and poor leadership, an investigation found.

The B-1B Lancer, which was on a training mission, crashed roughly 100 feet shy of the runway, skidded more than 5,000 feet down the tarmac, and was then engulfed in flames from the crash.

A scathing report into the crash of a $479m B-1B Lancer supersonic heavy bomber, which was completely obliterated in a fireball as it tried to land in thick fog and strong winds, has blamed the ...

T he Air Force Global Strike Command announced on Jul. 25, 2024, the results of its accident investigation into the Jan. 4 crash of a B-1B bomber at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.

A four-person crew out of Ellsworth Air Force Base is safe after ejecting from their B-1B Lancer Thursday afternoon. According to a release from Ellsworth Public Affairs, the crash happened around ...

The B-1B ejection system is typically set so that an ejection initiated by one crew member triggers a rapidly sequenced firing of the remaining seats. This procedure is meant to prevent a ...

The Air Force command said that the decision was based “on the findings of an Accident Investigation Board report into the Jan. 4 crash of a B-1B bomber at Ellsworth.” ...

A B-1B bomber crashed and burned on a runway at Ellsworth Air Force Base in the second accident involving one of the long-range strategic jets in nine days, officials said today. Nov. 18, 1988 ...

A B-1B Lancer bomber that crashed while landing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, on Jan. 4, 2024, skidded 5,000 feet and then erupted into flames. The nearly $451 million bomber was a ...

The Air Force has fired an operations group commander at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, following the release of a scathing report into a B-1B Lancer bomber’s January crash.. Col ...

A B-1B Lancer aircraft crash in South Dakota earlier this year has been attributed in part to the aircrew's errors and a poor training culture at Ellsworth Air Force Base, according to a recent ...

The Air Force Global Strike Command announced on Jul. 25, 2024, the results of its accident investigation into the Jan. 4 crash of a B-1B bomber at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.