What Does a Former B-2 Pilot See In Photos of The B-21 Raider?
I asked Robert Spaulding, former commander of the Air Force’s 509th Operations Group - the nation’s only B-2 Stealth Bomber unit - what photos of the B-21 tell us.
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I asked Robert Spaulding, former commander of the Air Force’s 509th Operations Group - the nation’s only B-2 Stealth Bomber unit - what photos of the B-21 tell us.
If all goes to plan, the first B-21 bomber may fly in 2023. If we’re lucky, the Air Force might have a whole 24 to 30 operational B-21s on a ramp somewhere by 2030.
B-2s will train with American and allied troops and take on real-world surveillance and long-range strike missions as needed.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, successfully completed an integrated airborne mission transfer (IAMT) demonstration with the B-2 Spirit at Whiteman Air Force Base as part of the ongoing modernization efforts incorporating digital engineering. IAMT delivers an advanced capability that enables the B-2 to complete a digital, machine-to-machine transfer of new missions received in flight directly into the aircraft. IAMT is part of Northrop Gru...
The Air Force is moving to a two-bomber fleet of B-21s and Cold War-era B-52s, and plans to retire B-1s and B-2s in the next decade.