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Developed with the next generation of stealth technology and an open systems architecture, the B-21 Raider will serve as the backbone of America’s bomber fleet. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman)

The Air Force plans to build 100 of the warplanes, and almost every aspect of the program is classified.

The U.S. Air Forces B-21 \

Images and videos of a B-21 taxiing on the runway of the Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and later taking to the skies began circulating online early Friday morning.

The U.S. Air Force’s top-secret B-21 Raider stealth bomber has conducted its first flight and is in flight testing, the service confirmed.

The Air Force’s newest bomber, the B-21 Raider, took its first test flight Friday, keeping the $200 billion development program on track to deploy aircraft by the mid-2020s. The B-21 is a distinctive “flying wing” stealth bomber, reminiscent of its larger predecessor, the B-2 Spirit, both developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman. The new aircraft…

Overall, the Air Force is projecting a $1 billion investment at Ellsworth to meet warfighter demands for bomber airpower.

Overall, the Air Force is projecting a $1 billion investment at Ellsworth to meet warfighter demands for bomber airpower.

(Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the next step in rolling out a new fleet of long-range nuclear-capable stealth bombers built by Northrop Grumman, according to a Reuters witness. The B-21 left Northrop's facility at the Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, at sunrise on Friday offering the first unscripted look at the new bomber which has been developed under strict security. Air Forc...

The B-21 Raider, the long-awaited successor to the B-2 Spirit that entered service in the late 1990s, is undergoing testing in California