B-1 Bomber Pilot Prep & Takeoff • Inside The Bone 

I admire your self restraint for not using a music to fill up the silence. most people would've spoiled the vibe by doing that.

The words "AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND" under the insignia, incite goosebumps.

When a Bone goes by, you don't hear it with your ears, you feel it with your diaphragm. Man, is it loud!

I remember getting CAS from one of these in Afghanistan back in 2010, with a full female crew on board. Was literally mindblowing when they first did a low fly-by in our valley on what felt like full throttle! To all B1 crews; thank you for your service! All boots on the ground greatly appreciates the moral boost you give!

I've had the pleasure of entering a B-1 at my first air show and man was it worth the 2 hour wait.

You know the designers had some bad-ass flying in mind when they opted for a stick rather than yoke.

I used to work for a B1 defense subcontractor and clearly remember that plain grey look of the LRU’s. What an incredible piece of hardware. On my way to Florida in the early 90’s I stopped at the museum at Warner Robbins.

I just love how plain beautiful this plane is. So many switches. So many dials.

I was stationed at Warner-Robbins AFB in Georgia back in 96-98, lived fairly close to the base and heard these BONEs flying over the house at times. Fantastic A/C and excellent video!

I live in Abilene, TX-home to Dyess AFB and the B-1 B Lancer. I've never gotten tired of seeing and hearing it. It's LOUD and proud! I'm still in awe after all these years.

Visually, it is a beautiful air plane with great curves.

Nothing but huge admiration for these special people. Thank you for all you do.

One of the sexiest aircraft ever designed. The lines on this thing are just perfection.

Worked B1 flightline avionics three years up till 91. Can still remember the patterns / settings required to test / troubleshoot systems (DAS). Worked long hours and shift work, would often be tired and running on lots of coffee and cigarettes, but had to focus; so you could pretty much do many somewhat complex system checkout processes almost automatically. Good job, built some good mental toughness due to lots of complex responsibility while usually running on very little sleep.

Beautiful, looking at the B-1 never gets old

Driving down 1-20 heading to Lubbock, it was always a rare pleasure to see one of these flying.

Thank you for providing this clip of cockpit. Never got a chance to be in a B-1 during my T.I.S. Semper Fi

B1 is such a sexy aircraft

Saw one of these up close at the SD Air & Space museum outside of Ellsworth. And by up close, I stood under it. Beautiful aircraft.

B1 is the most beautiful bomber ever designed. The smooth body just looks like a black swan except it can really get angry.

The B-1B Lancer, aka “The Bone,” is a beauty! Sure glad it’s on our side!

Always loved seeing the Bone flying overhead our outpost on patrol in Afghanistan, gotta be one of my fav airplanes ever

Thanks for not loading background music .... keep it up

Saw it at OshKosh full afterburner trying to get away from a huge thunderstorm. Best experience I’ve ever had with aviation.

Really the best word to describe this aircraft is simply, “badass.”

4:30 I use the same moves in the club!

Excellent. So much detail in the cockpit.

Truly the most gorgeous aircraft ever made.

I'm happy to say i've seen this thing do a high speed low level pass at fairford airshow, the most impressive plane i've ever seen...

Man....one of the best clips i've ever seen here...astonishing and perfect!!!

was a crew chief on 86-0134 McConnel AFB 88-92 Loved the plane !!

Used to build those. A most impressive machine that has stood the test of time.

Love the old-school green & black computer screens.

This aircraft is beautiful, it reminds me of the E type Jaguar or the Aston Martin DB9, curvy and beautiful.

Outstanding ! thanks for sharing

May God bless these guys! Fantastic footage, too. Thanks for putting this on!

The sniper pod with JDAM gave the bone a new lease. Turned out it was perfect for rapid response close air support. They’re planning to give it a retractable belly turret!

My old man was a back seater in some of the last E model f-4's. The pilots with enough time were given the option of cross training into wide bodies, tankers or bombers. Long short a bone stopped by a local airshow and the pilot was a former F-4 driver my old man knew. We got a personal tour of the plane inside and out.

Fantastic plane and vid! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands!

Love those green screen CRT screens. I love phosphor!

looks like a helluva time seeing over the cockpit dash

A friend of mine was working for Boeing when they first delivered B1s in the 80's. He gave me a tour one day. Aside from the joystick control the other thing that stuck in my mind were the windshield defroster tubes. On that particular aircraft they were made up of copper tubing that had been pinched down on the ends with pliers.

I can't imagine the workload in such complex missions, complex aircrafts, old fashion cockpit with lots of switches etc... , speed of the mission etc... these guys must swallow a lot of stuff to make it happen there... dedication is the name ?

Surprised to see vertical scale instruments after all this time--believe they were first used on F-105 and F-106 aircraft around 1960. Twenty years ago I got a close look at a B-1B in flight as I drove a 172 from PUB to FTG returning from my first solo cross country. Monitoring COS approach frequency, I heard Jayhawk 1 request permission for low pass over AF Academy, which was denied, and then a low pass over runway. After he flew south over the runway, approach informed me that I had traffic, a B-1B Heavy, approaching me from six o'clock and intending to climb through my altitude after passing. All I could do was acknowledge, and watch as this magnificent aircraft came up in front of me and then rolled off to the east. Quite a sight.

Very interesting to see the B-1’s interior. 👍 In person, I have seen the B-1’s interior at an air show at Travis Air Force Base, CA. I have also seen the interior of a Vulcan bomber at the Castle Air Museum, CA. and the B-52D’s interior at the Travis Air Force Base Museum, CA.

To have made it to this point in their careers is a huge accomplishment! I salute them all both those flying in the air and the support crews on the ground! Wow just great stuff! not exactly your "9 to 5" office cubicle job...not that there's anything wrong with an office job! 😎

love the B1...wish they still called it strategic air command.

one of the most beautiful airplanes ever

i love the look of this aircraft, very nice design, aesthetically.

Amazing aircraft - seen these at Fairford a few times but had no idea what the inside looked like. Great video, thanks!

Thank you for your service! Go Air Force!!

A most amazing aircraft. Love having the Bone fly over to the uk on various missions. Long may it continue.

It's got a cockpit sound engineers will fall in love with

If you are ever in the Denver area, the museum of the Rockies has a B-1A to see, it is massive and worth seeing...thanks

Great quality video - holy cow. Good stuff.

Love from UK that thing is one beast!

probably the coolest plane to be a team in.

The B1 Lancer.. One of my favorites.

An amazing, beautiful aircraft, but very challenging in regards to maintenance. There have been times recently when the USAF has had less then 10 B-1's out of the current inventory of 62 flight ready at any one time

What a badass video! The B-1 is a plane for studs. A cold, beautiful whoop ass bird....Thanks for this video! The sound of freedom! #NEVERFORGET.

My sister was stationed at Dyess whilst I was at what used to be SAC HQ, Offutt AFB. The patch I treasure most was from SAC! Old commands are long gone in this new Air Force. Still, the best branch of the military! Go Blue!

Watching the b1 do a flyby with its wings swept back gives me a semi! 🤣

I have been in the cockpit and electronics bay when I was a painter on the B1-B program at Rockwell International back in the 80’s !!!

nicely done video

Evil looking machine :) Glad I'll never be on the wrong end of it.

Excellent no nonsense quick vid.

The Deadly Lancer--BoNe. Great video

That was ♤ fascinating! Thanks for the Video¡ ♡

Love the B-1 "Bone", probably the best aircraft for Afghanistan ....long ranged, Big payloads and always seemed to be overhead ! ... Semper Fi

Dave Clark headsets for cockpit checks...helmets for flight. First class!

So many buttons oml that's a serious ass job on top of the missions

That engine ambience in the cockpit 👌

very, very awesome!

That external hardrive at 2:10. When I bought mine years and years ago it had a label on the box that it was tested to the shock resistance standards of US armed forces. Back then I thought that it was just a silly marketing gimmick, turns out that at least some one is using it in the Air Force :D

Looks like a HOT crew swap. Thanks.

Wonderful,i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations for yours videos guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool video. Always fascinating to watch a plane get started, especially something big and complex like the Bone. ALso, thanks for explaining where that name came from. I'm embarrassed to admit I did not know that! :-)

Walked around at Edwards AFB years ago. Thing is HUGE

Thank you for your service, brothers.

these are cool birds. used to see them flying around almost daily in the 1980s. I lived a few blocks from plant 42 in palmdale. only thing better was the sr.

Love those old-style David Clark's!

I was in rapid city SD , met this young buck , “ BONE “ pilot . I say , I’ve seen y’all barrel roll a B 1 . His reply was a big smile . 😎🇺🇸⚓️ GO USAF

On my long cross-country flight for my Private Pilot license I landed at Dyess, it is/was a joint-use civilian/military airport. Back then (81-83?) the B-1 was new. Pretty awesome sight from a Piper Tomahawk with B-1s in the air and on the ramp.

great plane great design and functional system

Great video, I have liked!!

When my stepdad flew the b-one out at dyess I went out there with him on multiple occasions and got to meet and hang around with all these pilots. Which was amazing for me at the time as it was my dream to be a pilot.

Great video

I know this is off topic, but I wish the F-111 was still around. Such an awesome airplane!!

Thank you very much. .

AWESOME!

That was amazing.

That is sick.

Thanks to youtube I can watch what I cound never been able to.

Beyond awesome

Wow - the number of switches/buttons !!

Worked with a b-1 bombardier... great guy.

One phrase would describe the b-1. "BADASS"!!!

All these guys are Heavy Duty!!!

Impressing! (Thanks for no silly music.)

Yes man!!! Congratulations! Excelent video! And no music!!!