
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is looking to mid-2022 as the first flight for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber. The Air Force had said that the earliest possible first flight date for the bomber was December 2021, but last Aug. 31 Air Force Maj. Gen Mark Weatherington, the commander of Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, said that "we expect a first flight somewhere in '22, no earlier than '22, I would…