Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force is significantly upgrading its “legacy” B-1B Lancer bomber fleet to bridge a ...
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The U.S. Air Force’s B-52J Bomber Crisis

The U.S. Air Force’s ambitious B-52J modernization program, intended to keep the bomber flying until the 2050s, is in serious ...
Air Force officials have requested up to 145 B-21 Raiders, out of a total bomber fleet of 220 aircraft. Over the next few years, the US Air Force will add the B-21 Raider, America’s newest stealth ...
The race to develop 6th-generation aircraft is no longer a future vision – it’s now a defining force behind U.S. defense strategy. With cutting-edge platforms like the B-21 Raider, the F-47 and the ...
The Air Force hopes having two B-21s at Edwards Air Force Base in California will allow it to expand testing into weapons integration and critical mission systems checks. (Giancarlo Casem/Air Force) ...
STRATCOM and the USAF top officials said the service would need 145 B-21s, instead of the planned 100, and a ‘high-end penetrating capability’ to face the increased threats of future combat scenarios.
Northrop Grumman expects to receive new U.S. Air Force contracts for its B-21 Raider stealth bomber program by the end of the ...
Four B-1Bs from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, were dispatched to Japan for the Bomber Task Force mission. They arrived last week.
Multiple B-52H Stratofortress bombers flew for hours off the coast of Venezuela amid lethal military strikes on vessels in ...
An Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flew overhead as Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday met with President Donald Trump on a U.S. Air Force flightline in Alaska. The stealth bomber, used for some of ...
The pilot of a civilian passenger jet made a sharp and abrupt maneuver just prior to landing at a North Dakota airport to avoid an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber that was performing a low-level ...