Now preserved at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

Operated by AFFTC. To Lowry TTC for ground instruction as a GB-1A. Still there today but now displayed as part of the Wings Over the Rockies Aviation and Space Museum, Denver Co.

This shows how busy Farnborough Air Show was back then. Rockwell Lancer B-1A, last of this prototype built for B-1B Lancer

The B-1A program was cancelled by President Jimmy Carter and ended flight testing in April 1981. Re-instated by Ronald Regan, the four B-1A aircraft had some systems modified for testing the redesigned B-1B. This is the second aircraft pictured between test flights. It crashed during testing on Aug 29, 1984 when the bomber lost control during a configuration change (center of gravity was well aft of the limit due to fuel transfer error).

One of the original B-1A's still in it's white paint at the 1977 Edwards show

Only just withdrawn from use when it was pictured at a platform at Edwards (the fin tip of the aircraft was temporarly cannibalized to keep another prototype in the air), this B-1A prototype in a great camouflage jacket. The 74-0158 made its first flight on 23 December 1974 as the first of four prototypes of the Lancer from Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale (CA). By the time that the B-1A programme was cancelled, 0158 had made 79 flights totaling 405,3 hours. It was eventually dismantled and used for weapons training at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.

Fourth prototype attending the SBAC show.

This early Lancer meets visitors to the wonderful Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ashland. It was the last B-1A built as used primarily as avionics test bed for B-1B program. The plane now looks like it is undergoing restoration as some of the normal paint has been removed to show the primer, resulting in this pseudo-camouflage effect.

The fourth and last B-1A built roars off after its Farnborough debut. It was actually taken out of mothballs for the purpose and was later retired to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson where it is displayed in the original white livery

This third (of four) B-1A prototypes was actually the second to fly. It eventually went to the Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum near Denver, Colorado.