April 12, 201115 yr From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] B-1B Lancer Upgrade Will Triple Payload(Source: US Air Force; issued April 11, 2011) DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas --- Airmen from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron began their first phase of demonstrations of a multiple ejector rack on a B-1B Lancer here March 22. If fielded, 16-carry modified rotary launchers will increase the number of 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions and laser-guided JDAMs carried by the B-1B from 15 to 48, a 320 percent increase in capability.
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