The B-21 Raider is designed to replace the B-1B and B-2, backstop the aging B-52, and anchor America’s long-range strike and ...

Loadout: Expected to field a dual-capable loadout of both nuclear and conventional weapons in its internal bays, including a ...

The contest between America’s B-21 Raider and China’s H-20 is not a duel between equals so much as a race between a flying ...

In terms of raw firepower, the B-2 will actually remain the more powerful aircraft of the two. However, in the context of the ...

The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber fittingly flew on Sept. 11, from its factory in the high desert of Palmdale, California, to adjacent Edwards Air Force Base. The B-21 Raider is the most ...

Airmen with the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to recover the second B-21 Raider to arrive for test and evaluation at Edwards Air Force Base, (Photo courtesy of the Air Force) The second ...

The B-1Bs of the 28th Bomb Wing are returning to Ellsworth AFB, after runway reconstruction has been completed in preparation for the B-21’s arrival. B-1B ...

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 ...

A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. The program is a cornerstone of the Department of the Air ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from the Air Force. As lawmakers negotiated an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, they added hundreds of millions of dollars for ...