SHOW SOME 'BACKBONE'
Rep. C.W. (Bill) Young (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Appropriations panel on national security, wants to know why the Air Force calls the B-1 the "backbone" of its bomber force. "We talk about B-1, but it's never done anything," Young says, "...the B-1 has never been used in a combat role."...
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