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The B-21 Raider just blew through its flight-test campaign in 73 days — less than half the time planned — as the stealth bomber races toward the fleet

Sometime in early 2025, a B-21 Raider pulled up behind a KC-135 Stratotanker over the California desert, locked onto the tanker’s refueling boom, and took on fuel at altitude. The Air Force quietly ...
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B-21 Raider completed ‘close-proximity flight’ with KC-135 tanker, US Air Force confirms

A B-21 Raider seen during flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, September 2025. (U.S. Air Force) The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that a B-21 Raider flight test aircraft conducted a ...