B-2s, B-1s To Be Retired As USAF Streamlines Fleet

The U.S. Air Force’s bomber force of the future will consist of Northrop Grumman’s next-generation B-21 and Boeing’s Vietnam-era B-52 Stratofortress, after the supersonic Rockwell B-1B and stealthy Northrop B-2 are phased out. As Northrop’s next-generation B-21 “Raider” comes online in the mid-2020s...

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