USAF Dubs B-21 Stealth Bomber 'Raider,' Honoring Doolittle
Credit: U.S. Air Force; background by James Drew/AW&ST
Almost seven months after designating Northrop Grumman’s next-generation stealth aircraft the B-21, U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James announced on Sept. 19 that it will be called the Raider, in honor of the Doolittle Raiders who took on the Japanese during World War II. The name came about...
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