The U.S. Air Force B-21 bomber has taken its first test flight in California, with officials saying the aircraft can strike targets “anywhere in the world.'
The U.S. Air Force 's long-awaited B-21 stealth bomber took its first test flight in California on Friday. The aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman , is expected to be operational by 2030. It can carry both "conventional and nuclear munitions " and will "provide our nation with a strategic asset capable of penetrating enemy air defenses in highly contested environments and striking targets anywhere in the world," according to the Air Force .
GOOGLE HELPS VETERANS TRANSITION TO THE WORKFORCE, LEARN JOB SKILLS TO BOLSTER CAREERS The planes cost around $750 million each to make, Fox News Digital reported in December last year, when the B-21 was unveiled by the military in Palmdale. The Air Force says its future B-21 fleet, which will contain at least 100 of the planes, is "designed to replace both the B-1 and the B-2 fleets with new penetrating deep strike conventional and nuclear capabilities.
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