The US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed that the airstrike on a facility belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in eastern Syria on Wednesday was carried out by a B-1 Lancer bomber, one of the oldest weapons in the US military arsenal that has been in service since 1985.
Centcom published a photo in a tweet stating that it had launched a B-1 Lancer bomber, accompanied by two American F-16s and a French Mirage.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon revealed the details of the airstrike on facilities belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in eastern Syria, emphasizing that it was a "message to Iran." This is the second American attack in Syria in three days.
A Pentagon official said: "The facility attacked (in Syria) was a weapons depot and may have contained missiles, drones and ammunition that were used against our forces."
According to the US Air Force website, "The multi-role B-1 Lancer carries the largest conventional payload of guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, and forms the backbone of America's long-range bomber force. It can rapidly launch quantities of precise and imprecise weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time."
Boeing's website reports that the B-1 Lancer bomber is a conventional, long-range, multi-mission supersonic bomber that has served the US Air Force since 1985.
Centcom published a photo of a B-1 Lancer bomber that carried out the strike accompanied by two American F-16 fighters
Although the bomber entered service in the 1980s, it is expected to continue flying at its current heavy duty rate until at least 2040, and Boeing is working with the US Air Force to maintain it.
The aircraft was originally designed for nuclear capabilities. The B-1 Lancer, also known as the B-1B.
It is worth noting that the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, published on Thursday a video clip of the attacks launched by the bomber on the weapons depot of the Revolutionary Guards in Syria, on Wednesday.