On April 14, 2026, the U.S. Air Force did something it almost never does with its most classified warplane: it showed the B-21 Raider stealth bomber plugged into a tanker aircraft, taking on fuel at ...

The Air Force and the Pentagon view the B-21 program as a rare example of a major defense acquisition that has stayed on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force are speeding up production of the Melbourne-developed B-21 Raider, with the first stealth ...

America isn’t running out of munitions for Operation Epic Fury. But the Air Force is short on stealth bombers. “In just the last hour, U.S. B-2 bombers dropped dozens of 2000-lb penetrator bombs, ...

Expanded production capacity provides additional flexibility to increase the Raider fleet size aligned with future ...

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The Air Force needs to buy at least 200 B-21 Raider stealth bombers, the Mitchell Institute argued in a new paper. (Kyle Brasier/U.S. Air Force) The U.S. Air Force must buy at least 500 ...

Modern air power is not defined solely by the most advanced aircraft, but by the platforms that consistently deliver results ...