The USAF won’t buy more than 100 B-21 Raider bombers
USAF won’t buy more than 100 B-21 stealth bombers.
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The Raider
The B-21 Raider will be the backbone of the bomber fleet and will incrementally replace the B-1 and B-2 bombers as sufficient numbers of B-21s are available. The state-of-the-art bomber will provide survivable, long-range, penetrating strike capabilities to deter aggression and protect the US, allies, and partners.
Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will be the first B-21 operational base.
B-21 is the first new bomber to be introduced since the end of the Cold War. The aircraft is designed with updated stealth qualities and mission flexibility that senior leaders in the Air Force and across the Department of Defense say are necessary to achieve the US goal of achieving integrated deterrence, and if necessary, capabilities required to successfully respond to aggression anywhere in the world at any time.
Photo credit: Tech. Sgt. William OBrien, 94th Airlift Wing photographer / U.S. Air Force, Matt Hartman Twitter profile, U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman
