The Nation - News from March 24, 1987
The Air Force has been forced to limit flight maneuvers for crews training in the new B-1B bomber, officials said. Lt. Col. Jeff Baker, a spokesman for the Air Force Systems Command, said the flight restrictions imposed last month centered on the use of the plane’s terrain-following radar system and its electronic counter-measures equipment, or radar-jamming gear, which have been found to be incompatible. The disclosure came the same day as a “media day” to show off the plane at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas.
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