Furthermore, in the early 2000s, the Pentagon considered procuring bomber variants of the Raptor stealth fighter and the YF-23 before passing on that idea in favor of the B-21 Raider strategic Although the B-21 Raider’s general shape is similar to the B-2, they will be substantially different aircraft. The B-21 sports a tricycle-style landing gear assembly like the B-2, though the B The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is the Air Force's new stealth bomber. Slated to begin flight tests in 2023, the secretive aircraft was revealed to the publ In August, Military.com reported the B-21 will replace both the B-2 and the aging B-1 Lancer. “We have been living off of bomber fleet investments made many decades ago, but that is rapidly changing,” Kendall said Monday, Defense News reported. For the Air Force, while the B-2 remains its most capable bomber, it makes sense to retire the aging Spirit when the Raider comes online. There are only 20 remaining B-2s in the Air Force fleet. The B-2 Bomber was designed to carry nukes. The F-117 was built to fight, but the iconic B-2 Stealth Bomber was built to nuke. It was designed to carry up to 16 2,400-pound nuclear bombs deep into The US military has unveiled the B-21 Raider, its first new stealth bomber in 30 years. Northrop Grumman, which developed the aircraft, first showed us a silhouette of the plane covered by a Air Force unveils B-21 Raider, new nuclear stealth bomber 00:32. The B-2 was also envisioned to be a fleet of more than 100 aircraft, but the Air Force built only 21, due to cost overruns and The B-21 Raider will replace the B-1B bomber (left) and the B-21 (center). The Air Force plans to buy at least 100 new stealth bombers and has made noise that it would really like up to 220 vQlTm.

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