U.S. strategic bombers have historically flown with two fully trained pilots, but the B-21 could break the trend. Credit: U.S. Air Force An internal debate at the highest levels of the U.S. Air Force ...

The new head of Air Force Global Strike Command offers us an exclusive look at the B-21 program in his first interview since ...

Aviation Week reported on a memo by the head of AFGSC that recommends a shift from current plans for two pilots on the B-21 Raider to a pilot and weapon systems officer (WSO) combination. “Unleashing ...

The B-21 Raider is being framed as the centerpiece of a new kind of air war, one where a single stealth aircraft quietly orchestrates swarms of drones, fuses data from across the battlespace, and can ...

Key Points and Summary - The B-21 Raider is being engineered as a "flying, multi-domain command-and-control node," not just a conventional bomber. -While it features a new generation of stealth with a ...

The second B-21 conducted its maiden flight and will now join the first one, which has been flying since 2023 at Edwards Air Force Base. The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber has flown for the first ...

The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has recommended the placement of a weapon systems officer (WSO) in the cockpit of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, according to an Aug. 15 ...

The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber fittingly flew on Sept. 11, from its factory in the high desert of Palmdale, California, to adjacent Edwards Air Force Base. The B-21 Raider is the most ...