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 ...

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

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 ...

A US Air Force general has proposed swapping out one of the B-21 Raider’s pilots for a dedicated weapons systems officer—but there are obvious downsides to the move. The seven United States Air Force ...