The Rockwell International (now Boeing) B-1B Lancer is a four-engine, supersonic, swing wing, jet powered, heavy strategic bomber. Used by the United States Air Force, it is primarily a low-level penetrator. The B-1B has long range capability and travels at high altitude with speed of Mach 1.25, and at low level speed of Mach 0.92. The B-1B celebrated its first flight on December 23, 1974 and became operational in 1986 with USAF Strategic Air Command as a nuclear bomber. In early 1990s B-1B fleet was reassigned to Air Combat Command and aircrafts were converted to use conventional and all-weather guided ǃ˙smartǃ˘ munitions. Its first combat mission occurred in 1998 during Operation ǃ˙Desert Foxǃ˘ in Iraq. In 1999 it was again deployed to support Operation ǃ˙Allied Forceǃ˘ in Kosovo. Commonly called the ǃ˙Boneǃ˘, derived from ǃ˙B-Oneǃ˘, the B-1B holds 61 world records for speed, payload and distance. And while inventory of the B1-B was reduced from 91 aircraft, 67 still remain in service, and are expected to continue service until 2030. B-1B Lancer named ǃ˙Boss Hawgǃ˘ Tail# 84-0051 is 10th B-1B produced. This Die-cast metal airplane model comes in 1:221 scale with plastic stand and is approximately 8 inches long with 4 1/4 inch wingspan in High speed combat mode and 7 1/4 inches in Low speed Take off / Landing mode.