America's New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is Almost Here

The B-21 Raider is expected to make its first flight in December 2021. Staff illustration by Mike Tsukamoto.

Air Force Magazine: B-21 to Fly in December 2021; More B-52s to Come Out of Boneyard

The new B-21 Raider stealth bomber is making good progress and should fly in December 2021, USAF Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen “Seve” Wilson said July 24.

Wilson, speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute event in Washington, D.C., said the service continues to analyze its capacity for long-range strike. The Air Force still believes it is short, and is reviewing alternative force mixes.

Speaking on deterrence and the need to modernize the nuclear command, control, and communications network, Wilson said he was at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Melbourne, Fla. in the last few weeks, “looking at the B-21,” and said the company is “moving out on that pretty fast.” Wilson said he has an application on his phone “counting down the days and don’t hold me to it, but it’s something like 863 days to first flight.”

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Update: America's New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is Almost Here (And The Air Force Couldn't Be Happier) (National Interest)

WNU Editor: Here are more details on the B-21 .... The Air Force's New B-21 Stealth Bomber Will Be a High-Tech Doomsday Machine (National Interest).