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Staff Feature DEVILS LAKE - In just over two years since completing Critical Design Review (CDR), Northrop Grumman has brought its digital design of the B-21 Raider to life, with two test aircraft in production today. The Rise of the Raider is a story that began in February 2016 when Northrop Grumman initiated design and build work for the B-21, and the program has progressed rapidly in the years following. Within three years, the B-21’s design was proven stable and mature through a successful CDR completed in November 2018 at Northrop Grumman’s Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence...

By   Theresa Hitchens on February 26, 2021 at 12:10 PM MQ-9 Reaper WASHINGTON: The Air Force has completed a new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) strategy mapping investments through 2030, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said today. And the service is preparing now to brief Congress on the plan — which was mandated by the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, he said during a press conference on the margins of the annual Air Force Association winter meeting.  “The challenge we have in some of this is the classification level for some of the things we’re ...

By   Theresa Hitchens on February 25, 2021 at 1:00 PM F-35A Lightning II UPDATED To Include Comments From CSAF Gen. CQ Brown; Hudson Institute’s Bryan Clark WASHINGTON: The Air Force, Navy and Marines tactical aircraft fleets are all being reconsidered as part of a Joint Staff review of fighter needs for 2023 and beyond, Air Force officials tell Breaking D — raising fundamental questions about the Pentagon’s purchases of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Air Force’s own fighter mix study will feed into that joint effort, the officials said. UPDATE BEGINS. Air For...

“The F-15EX is ready to fight as soon as it comes off the line.” The F-15EX is a two-seat fighter with U.S.-only capabilities. It features a deep magazine that can carry a load of advanced weapons. The platform also requires minimal transitional training or additional manpower and little to no infrastructure changes, ensuring the continuation of the mission. “When delivered, we expect bases currently operating the F-15 to transition to the new EX platform in a matter of months versus years,” Holmes said. The most significant difference between the F-15EX and legacy F-15s lies in it...

Screengrab from "Air Force 2030 -- Call to Action" video 24 Feb 2021 The U.S. Air Force isn't ruling out bringing a new fighter jet into its inventory as it looks to replace older, fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, according to the service's top general. As the service tries to determine the right mix of aircraft for its future inventory, it's considering the idea of a new fighter that falls somewhere between fourth- and fifth-generation airframes -- one that could easily be upgraded throughout its life, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown said last week. "Let's no...