Airframe: Alabama Air National Guard F-16s of the 187th Fighter Wing, supported by a KC-135 tanker, arrive over Romania for Exercise Dacian Viper, Oct. 13, 2015. A dozen Alabama F-16s and some 150 pilots, maintainers, and support personnel returned from Campia Turzii AB, Romania, earlier this month. (Air Force photo by SSgt. Matthew Bruch) (Click on image above to reach wallpaper version.)
B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023
May 20, 2022
The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…