Key Points and Summary - Despite its iconic status as the world's first operational stealth bomber, the B-2 Spirit faces five major problems that limit its readiness and threaten its future. -Its ...

Northrop Grumman soon expects new contracts from the Air Force for the B-21 Raider and is now in discussions on a deal to accelerate the stealth bomber's production. (Kyle Brasier/U.S. Air Force) ...

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In March of 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected the contractor for its sixth-generation stealth fighter program: not Lockheed Martin, which made the F-22 and still makes the F-35, ...

On December 2, 2022, the U.S. Air Force officially unveiled its new bomber: the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider. Painted in bone white, built in a flying wing design, the B-21 was touted as the world's ...

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 ...

The first B21 Stealth bombers shoudl be combat ready for initial operations in 2026. Air Force Chief of Staff David Allvin said there are efforts to accelerate the fielding of the B21. The rumors ...

Sep 26, 2020; Columbia, Missouri, USA; A flyover of a military B2 stealth bomber is performed before the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: ...

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber will perform the pregame flyover before Ole Miss' football game vs. LSU Saturday in Oxford. And in Starkville, AH-64 Apache helicopters will do the same before Mississippi ...