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B-1B getting new targeting pod

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The B-1B supersonic bomber is getting a new targeting pod and the folks at Arnold Engineering Development Complex are evaluating a 10 percent scale model of it to determine what effects it will have on stores released from the aircraft.

B1B Lancer in the 16 foot transonic wind tunnel in the Propulsion Wind Tunnel facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., on Feb. 7, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photos by Bradley Hicks)

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