Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff: First Flight of B-21 Expected Around Late 2021

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The Air Force is currently expecting to see first flight of the B-21 next-generation bomber around December 2021, the service’s number-two military official revealed Wednesday.
Speaking at an Air Force Association Mitchell Institute event on Capitol Hill, Vice…

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