Sh1n reposted the following September 2026 B-1B Lancer activity report from @DefenceGeek.

According to the report, the fleet of 12 B-1B aircraft conducted 29 bomber training flights during the month, with most launches featuring two aircraft. Flights generally took place every other day, except on 27 September, when both sorties were scrapped because of a terrorism incident.

Aircraft ranked by sorties flown

  • B-1B 86-0140 (DY 345BS) "Last Lancer" — 10
  • B-1B 86-0139 (EL) "Drifter" — 8
  • B-1B 86-0107 (WA 77WPS) "Dragon Slayer" — 5
  • B-1B 86-0124 (DY) "Oh! Hardluck II" — 5
  • B-1B 86-0134 (EL 34BS) "Thunderbird" — 5
  • B-1B 85-0060 (EL) "Doolittle Raiders" — 4
  • B-1B 86-0103 (DY) "The Reluctant Dragon" — 3
  • B-1B 86-0138 (EL) "Seek and Destroy" — 3
  • B-1B 86-0108 (EL) "Alien with an Attitude" — 3
  • B-1B 86-0112 (DY) "The Black Widow" — 2
  • B-1B 86-0120 (EL) "Whiskey Pete" — 2
  • B-1B 85-0069 (EL) "Avenger" — 2

New arrival

  • B-1B 86-0111 (EL) "Let's Roll"

The report said 069 "Avenger" and 120 "Whiskey Pete" had flown the fewest sorties and had gone the longest without flying. Both EL tails had also experienced availability issues during the Iran war.

Photos were credited to @havoc_aviation and used with permission. @MATA_osint was also tagged in the original post.