The B-21 Raider is rapidly becoming the most advanced stealth bomber ever developed. Built with next-generation materials, ...

For the first time since the Kennedy administration, the B-52 Stratofortress is getting new primary propulsion engines.

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch an analysis of alternatives study next year for a New Heavy Bomber aircraft amid continued work on a classified proof-of-concept that is starting this year, budget ...

Pentagon officials tell lawmakers evolving security challenges may require more stealth bombers, upgraded tankers and ...

The U.S. bomber fleet could soon grow quickly in raw numbers and diversify with a new type focused on heavy bombing. The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal outlines plans to ...

The bomber is a menacing sight for any pilot or target on the receiving end of its payload. Aerial combat is only around a century old, but it quickly bisected itself into two distinct aircraft types.

Upgrades, new engines, and modern radar are keeping the B-52 Stratofortress on track to become the first jet aircraft to ...

Stealth bombers flew roughly 37 hours to bomb Iran's nuclear sites this weekend. The longest B-2 flight was a 44-hour bombing mission to Afghanistan in October 2001. The Iran mission required a large ...

Military power used to be limited by distance, but that stopped being true when long-range strike aircraft entered the ...

The B-1B 86-0115, now renamed "Apocalypse II," returned to service at Dyess AFB after being previously retired in 2021. The U ...

Together, the two bombers offer China a layered bomber corps, with long-range stealth for global posturing and a fast, survivable strike option for near-term coercion. As China’s revisionist ambitions ...