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B-21 Takes To The Sky For The First Time As Flight Testing Begins

B-21 Raider first flight.

Credit: Matt Hartman
The U.S. Air Force’s next-generation bomber has flown for the first time. The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider took to the skies over the company’s Plant 42 facility in Palmdale, California, on Nov. 10—less than one year since its first public rollout. Videos of the flight circulating on social media...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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