General praises B-1B's defense avionics suite

The Boeing B-1B Lancer bomber was "shot at and targeted very precisely by SA-6 surface-to-air missiles" during the first night of airstrikes on Yugoslavia, but its electronic countermeasures system "worked remarkably well," said Gen. John P. Jumper, commander of the U.S. Air Forces Europe. The B-1B...

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