Now preserved at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

4th and last B-1A built; first with ejection seats instead of a crew capsule. 2/79: First flight. Ca.6/79: TOS USAF. Used primarily as an avionics testbed for the B-1B program. 16 Dec 86: Flew to the Air Force Museum. 2003: Became part of the AFM Loan Program after being replaced by B-1B 84-0051. 22 Oct 03: Trucked dismantled to the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, NE. By 2006: Placed on display indoors.

This shows how busy Farnborough Air Show was back then. Rockwell Lancer B-1A, last of this prototype built for B-1B Lancer

Fourth prototype attending the SBAC show.

This early Lancer meets visitors to the wonderful Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ashland. It was the last B-1A built as used primarily as avionics test bed for B-1B program. The plane now looks like it is undergoing restoration as some of the normal paint has been removed to show the primer, resulting in this pseudo-camouflage effect.

The fourth and last B-1A built roars off after its Farnborough debut. It was actually taken out of mothballs for the purpose and was later retired to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson where it is displayed in the original white livery