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Steve Trimble
July 27, 2026
A B-21 Raider conducts aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker. Credit: Northrop Grumman
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—A Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider will touch down on the newly rebuilt Runway 13/31 at its future home, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, for the first time in September or October 2027 with a very specific mission. That scheduled arrival of a member of the flight-test fleet comes too…
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