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| B-21 Raider takes to the skies... |
| 2023-11-11 |
| [ZH] Two weeks after images posted on Reddit showed a pre-production B-21 Raider stealth bomber taxiing at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, Bloomberg confirmed Friday morning that the next-generation stealth bomber has taken flight for the first time. Northrop Grumman Corp.'s B-21 Raider is in flight testing, a step in the test campaign managed by the Air Force Test Center and 412th Test Wing's B-21 Combined Test Force, according to an Air Force spokesperson. -Bloomberg Here's a video posted on the social media platform X showing the B-21 flying across the sky. Video at the link. |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #6 You might note... New Image of B-21 Bomber Tail Shows Different Exhausts and Rear Deck from B-2 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-11 13:24 |
| #5 Radiation-absorbent material |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-11 13:19 |
| #4 Hopefully we've resolved that sensitive coating issue. Perhaps some Turtle Wax? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-11-11 11:37 |
| #3 ...Top THAT, 12th century Jihadi scum.... Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2023-11-11 11:19 |
| #2 Similar in that they are bat wing. You might note the B-21 does not have the "sawtooth" trailing airframe lines of the B-2. This plane is also cheaper and less problematic to manufacture in serious quantities. Needless to say, its internals apply lots of lessons learned from the over 40-year-old design of the B-2. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-11 08:38 |
| #1 Reminds me of the B-2. Maybe this is the B-2.1 model? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-11-11 08:29 |