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B-2 stealth bombers to return to flight after 5-month delay

On Dec. 10, 2022, an undisclosed in-flight malfunction forced a B-2 crew to make an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

By Rachel S. Cohen

2 days ago

US Air Force, Navy conduct ICBM test aboard nuclear command aircraft

This was the first Minuteman III test conducted from an airborne control center on a Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft since August.

By Stephen Losey

5 weeks ago

US test launches unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile

The Minuteman III's reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles over the Pacific Ocean to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

3 months ago

How to re-engine a B-52 and make a new bomber fleet

Defense News recently interviewed Brig. Gen. William Rogers, the program executive officer for the Bombers Directorate with the U.S. Air Force.

By Stephen Losey

4 months ago

B-2 nuclear bomber fleet grounded amid search for safety defects

The Air Force declined to provide details about what, specifically, the safety inspections are looking to find.

By Rachel S. Cohen

5 months ago

US Air Force lays groundwork for major changes to bomber fleet

The Air Force is moving to a two-bomber fleet of B-21s and Cold War-era B-52s, and plans to retire B-1s and B-2s in the next decade.

By Stephen Losey

5 months ago

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