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U.S. Air Force Goal for 220 Bombers Could Change

U.S. Air Force Goal for 220 Bombers Could Change
Artist rendering of B-21 Raider (Northrop Grumman)

A U.S. Air Force goal for 220 bombers--75 re-engined Boeing [BA] B-52Hs and 145 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth aircraft--could change, Air Force Global Strike Commander Gen. Timothy Ray said on Sept. 14. "220 is a living number," Ray told a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' forum for the Air Force Association virtual Air, Space and Cyber conference. "When I came in, it was 175. It was Power Point. It wasn't a real plan. I spent most of the…

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