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Unusual B-1 camo

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In the net i found this photos of B-1 from 1981, which shows the bird in unusal colors.

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looks like somebody took a pen and colored it  :lol:

some more picture of that camo

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thats 76-0174, the fourth B-1A

the spine holds some  of the ECM gear that was further developed for hte B models a few years later iirc

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Not so sure about that, there was nothing ECM related in the backbone of the B except some waveguides and RF cables

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of the B, no there wasnt

but in the 4th  A  yes. its where they packed the stuff in development after the airframe had already been completed

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Cool pics. That aircraft is on display at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Nebraska today.

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