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The bomber is one of four temporarily based in Norway, where it's exercising with NATO and Swedish air forces. A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber made history last week when it landed at a remote air base north of the Arctic Circle. The bomber, flying with an escort of four Swedish Gripen fighters, touched down at Norway's Bodø Air Station for refueling before departing again. The layover marked the farthest north the B-1B has ever operated. ✈ The bomber, nicknamed " Dark Knight" of the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, conducted a "warm pit refuel" at Bodø, a process that...

Ellsworth AFB slated for first main operational base for B-21 Raider in United States Secretary of the Air Force Public AffairsMarch 10, 2021Business U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic by Northrop GrummanShown is an artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Ellsworth AFB is one of the bases expected to host the new airframe. ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AFNS) — The B-21 Raider program continues to progress through the engineering and manufacturing development acquisition phase. One visible example of progress was the recent construction and ins...

B-21 Prototype Environmental Protection Shelters construction, test underway at Ellsworth AFB March 8, 2021 200130-F-PA987-9002 Shown is an artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Ellsworth AFB is one of the bases expected to host the new airframe. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic by Northrop Grumman) Shown is an artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Ellsworth AFB is one of the bases expected to host the new airframe. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic by Northrop Grumman) 161220-F-BH261-047

Air Force testing prototype shelters for B-21 Raider By (0) The first flight of the B-21 Raider, pictured in an Air Force rendering, is expected sometime in 2022, with the aircraft eventually replacing the B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers. Photo Illustration courtesy Northrop Grumman/U.S. Air Force Construction of a B-21 Raider Environmental Protection Shelter prototype is completed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Feb. 26. Photo by Quentin Marx/U.S. Air Force March 4 (UPI) -- Air Force Global Strike Command and the B-21 Program Office are testing various prototype shelters to identify the mo...

Air Force Global Strike Command and the B-21 Program Office are testing various prototype shelters to identify the most effective and affordable designs that could be used across all three B-21 Main Operating Bases, the depot, and even at forward operating,