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.
Engine testing begins on B-21s, new photos released of aircraft that will have fleet housed at Ellsworth AFB.
Software is ready to go, program officials say, engendering some 'smack talk' with hardware teams.
Three new images of the bat-winged aircraft are released.