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USAF Flying Two Sorties of B-21 Per Week

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, September 18th, 2024

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USAF Flying Two Sorties of B-21 Per Week

A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing and flying operations, at Edwards AFB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The U.S. Air Force is flying two sorties per week of the "production representative" test Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber as the service aims to move to daily sorties, officials said at the Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber conference on Wednesday. William "Elvis" Bailey, the director of the Department of the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office, said that testers are expanding the flight envelope. Asked when the Air Force expects to reach…

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