B-1B Fleet Finishes Integrated Battle Station Upgrade
Sept. 24, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Eight years, 62 aircraft, and about $1.25 billion later, the Air Force’s entire B-1B Lancer fleet has completed the Integrated Battle Station upgrade to modernize the jet’s datalinks, cockpit displays, and test system.
The IBS program, the largest and most complicated update ever for the Lancer, included 1,050,000 hours of planned work at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Each aircraft needed 17,000 individual parts, and 13 miles of new wiring. The program began in 2012 when Boeing upgraded two aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The next 60 were all upgraded at Tinker and the last aircraft is finishing up this week.
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