Three B-21s in testing, second and third bases announced

By Shelley K. Mesch / September 19, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Three B-21 Raider bombers are in “various configurations of test,” including up to two flight tests a week, a Northrop Grumman executive said yesterday. “Not only that, when we started this journey way back at contract award, we made a vow that we’re going to make this system a daily flier ,” Thomas Jones, president of aeronautics systems, said at the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space, Cyber conference. By flying two sorties a week within a year of...

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