Bomber Force Shift To B-21s, B-52Js Requires Training Revolution: USAF

Brian Everstine April 19, 2022
A B-52 receives fuel from a KC-10 over the United Arab Emirates in February 2022.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
OMAHA, Nebraska—The coming overhaul of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet to two aircraft will require a large-scale change in the service’s thinking and training after decades of conducting the same missions with a fleet of three bombers. The Air Force’s nuclear flying force has for decades been...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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