The Air Force plans to phase out the B-2 Spirit and replace it with the B-21 Raider. But the replacement is still some years away.

But the speedy, swept-wing B-1 is being phased out to make room for the forthcoming B-21 Raider, a subsonic stealth bomber—meaning the U.S. will soon lack a supersonic bomber in the inventory.

The secretive stealth bomber was designed and developed at the defense contractor's expanding campus at Melbourne Orlando International Airport.

Ellsworth Air Force Base will become the first home of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber ... of the 37th Bomber Squadron, explained the reason for the move: “The mighty B-1 has been around for ...

A loud noise that startled residents in Clive and across the metro area was identified as a B-1 Lancer bomber from the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

The stealth bomber will eventually replace the Air Force's B-1 and B-2 bombers. The B-21 Raider is expected to enter service in the mid-2020s. Northrop Grumman is ramping up production of its ...