U.S. Air Force Releases First B-21 Raider Video | Aviation

The video shows the B-21 Raider stealth bomber taking off and landing at Edwards Air Force Base, where it is undergoing an extensive flight test campaign.

The U.S. Air Force has released for the first time on Sep. 18, 2024, a video of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber during flight operations. The short B-roll shows the Raider taking off and landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it is currently undergoing an extensive flight test campaign.

“Flight testing is a critical step in the test campaign managed by the Air Force Test Center and 412th Test Wing’s B-21 Combined Test Force (CTF) to provide survivable, long-range, penetrating strike capabilities to deter aggression and strategic attacks against the United States, allies, and partners”, said the Air Force in the caption accompanying the video.

The video has been released in occasion of a B-21 Update panel at the 2024 Air, Space & Cyber Conference by the Air & Space Forces Association, planned for Sep. 18. The video also comes few days after the news about Whiteman AFB, Missouri, and Dyess AFB, Texas, being designated as the second and third bases respectively for the B-21.

“The B-21 will be the backbone of the service’s future bomber force, and will possess the range, access and…