The second B-21 Raider test jet is now in the air, and its arrival signals that the United States is moving from prototype novelty to a genuine combat-capable stealth bomber force. With two aircraft ...

The program now has two flight-test B-21 Raiders flying at Edwards Air Force Base, and that alone is more than any airshow tease or photo, cropped just right, can change the direction of the program.

A second B-21 Raider bomber has flown for the first time in California, the Air Force announced Thursday, a milestone officials say will accelerate testing of America’s first new long-range bomber in ...