New Strategy Fuels Global Demand For More New Bombers

Credit: Steve Trimble/AW&ST
The bomber is back. Thirty years after the Northrop Grumman B-2 became the last all-new bomber design worldwide to achieve a first flight, the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, has started preparing for the arrival of the first B-21 Raider within six years. Only days after the U.S. Air...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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