Will the U.S. Air Force Retire its Ageing B-52 Bombers to Finance a Larger B-21 Stealth Fleet?

Will the U.S. Air Force Retire its Ageing B-52 Bombers to Finance a Larger B-21 Stealth Fleet?

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin on May 20 informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that issues with the B-52J bomber program could force the service to abandon it, and instead reallocate funds to procuring more B-21 Raider stealth bombers. If the B-52 modernisation program “goes worse than we hope, then we would need more” funds for B-21s, Allvin stated, adding that he would “take all I can get with the funding,” for the s…

US Air Force considers more B-21s if B-52J upgrade fails

The US Air Force (USAF) is wary of the progress of the B-52 bomber upgrade program and is… The post US Air Force considers more B-21s if B-52J upgrade fails appeared first on Air Data News.