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Six F-16 pilots win Distinguished Flying Cross

The six pilots were awarded the DFC for their actions during Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025—during which multiple ...
Chinese AI software identified weaknesses in the U.S. Air Force’s $750,000,000 B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Chinese scientists ...
China's H-20 bomber program has been beset by delays and no-shows, and there is little concrete information out there.
Basic amenities wrapped in stealth give B-2 crews the stamina to steer America’s quietest bomber through 40-hour, ...
Even as the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider begins to enter service, the U.S. Air Force will continue to operate the Cold ...
The B-21 is a long-range stealth bomber capable of delivering conventional and thermonuclear weapons, but smaller and lighter than the current B-52, B-1, and B-2 bombers. The aircraft is proceeding ...
The last production B-52 Stratofortress rolled off the assembly line in October 1962, the era of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Air Force will add new engines and fly the aging workhorse through ...
They call it the B-21 Raider, and it is, by all accounts, the world’s first sixth-generation stealth nuclear bomber. It’s also America's first new nuclear bomber in almost three decades, and, if we ...
During a recent test, the B-21 was photographed in refueling position behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft—but it appears that no fuel was actually transferred. The B-21 Raider, ...
The Air Force's testbed B-21 Raiders have some very visible panels on the underbelly that may not be visible on final combat ...
This article is primarily educational and historical in nature, covering the evolution of bomber aircraft rather than discussing individual companies or ETFs, making a traditional financial focus ...