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The 65-Year-Old KC-135 Will Refuel America’s B-21 Stealth Bomber Into The 2040s

Why the incoming B-21 bomber will rely on both the KC-135 and KC-46 and continue to rely on them after NGAS eventually enters service.

Why the incoming B-21 bomber will rely on both the KC-135 and KC-46 and continue to rely on them after NGAS eventually enters service.

The SR-71 was retired during the ‘peace dividend’ following the end of the Cold War and the emergence satellites and advanced ISR UAVs.

The SR-71 was retired during the ‘peace dividend’ following the end of the Cold War and the emergence satellites and advanced ISR UAVs.

Even though the USAF has indicated it will keep three squadrons of Warthogs in service for a couple extra years, it doesn’t change the calculous.

The B-21 is designed to be a hyper-networked system-of-systems bomber and part of a larger kill chain while the B-2 was more of an isolated bomber.

The B-21 is designed to be a hyper-networked system-of-systems bomber and part of a larger kill chain while the B-2 was more of an isolated bomber.

The Air Force both wants to keep the Warthog in service for four more years and slash its A-10 fleet in half in Fiscal 2027.

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