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The Air Force’s big B-21 Raider bomber gamble

The B-21 Raider is designed to replace the B-1B and B-2, backstop the aging B-52, and anchor America’s long-range strike and ...
Seventy years after entering service, the B-52 Stratofortress is being rebuilt for a new era. The upcoming B-52J variant will ...
The B-21 bomber, the first U.S. sixth-generation combat aircraft, is designed to conduct conventional and nuclear strikes.
After four years of repair efforts, the "Spirit of Georgia" overcame obstacles to return to flight following a landing ...
Since the B-2 platform is one of two American nuclear-capable bombers, the return of the Spirit of Georgia is significant.
Loadout: Expected to field a dual-capable loadout of both nuclear and conventional weapons in its internal bays, including a ...
The return of the Spirit of Georgia enhances the B-2 bomber fleet's operational capabilities and strategic deterrence.
A group of elite B-2 Spirit stealth bombers that took flight from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri early on the morning of June 21 headed for Iran, taking part in a mission to bomb three nuclear ...
“So it's significant, because that is going to guarantee the survivability of this airfield for at least the next 50 years, ...
The bombers will fly Ally-led missions to practice high-threat air operations and refine skills in the find, fix, track and target process. Three U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers arrived in Norway ...
The U.S. Air Force took delivery of its 99th and 100th KC-46A Pegasus air-refueling tankers at Travis Air Force Base in ...