Bondo Gave The Secret Tacit Blue Demonstrator Jet Its Smooth Stealthy Skin
Veteran Northrop engineer recollects his time on the top-secret Tacit Blue program, including some of its oddest quirks.
Veteran Northrop engineer recollects his time on the top-secret Tacit Blue program, including some of its oddest quirks.
Construction of the latest B-21 began just weeks ago and the Air Force hopes to roll out the first example this year.
B-2 Spirits usually look otherworldly, but every nine years they head to their birthplace for some much-needed TLC. It turns out that this unique test airframe’s job is to look this way.
The B-1B swing-wing bombers are back at the Indian Ocean outpost at a time of tensions in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Last year, Congress approved the Air Force’s plan to divest a number of B-1Bs as it consolidates that fleet ahead of the arrival of the stealthy B-21.
After having airspace within miles of it restricted for nearly three days, Whiteman AFB is back open again and the stricken B-2 has been secured.
Airspace around Whiteman Air Force Base has been cordoned off after the stealth bomber was damaged after landing after a training sortie.
The highly modified 737 is used to collect radar data on stealthy aircraft in-flight.
The Air Force wants to acquire a B-21 fleet that is nearly seven times bigger than its current B-2 stealth bomber force.
America’s notoriously shy and increasingly geriatric flying signature measurement testbed aircraft has surfaced once again.