Introducing ‘Rage’, The Latest B-1B To Be Resurrected From The ‘Boneyard’ | Aviation

Another B-1B was pulled from storage at AMARG and recalled back to duty to bring the BONE fleet back to 45 total Lancers.

B-1B Lancer 86-0115 “Rage” is one of the four bombers out of 17 the U.S. Air Force stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, and maintained “in a reclaimable condition” so that they could be regenerated if needed.

These stored aircraft, tail numbers 85-0066, 85-0077, 85-0081, and 86-0115, covered with silicone-looking spraylat sealant, to cover gaps, engines, and glass, were placed in Type 2000 storage, just one level below the flyable Type 1000 storage.

On April 20, 2024, a B-1B Lancer bomber of the 7th Bomb Wing, serial 85-0089, experienced a fire engine failure during routine maintenance at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The projected repair costs to fix the fire-damaged aircraft were expected to be cost-prohibitive, therefore the U.S. Air Force elected to regenerate one of the four B-1B bombers from the “Boneyard”, at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona…