FY ’21 Air Force Budget Could Shift Bomber Funds to B-21, Weighs Future of Bomber Force

摘要

The Air Force is considering whether to move funding from the B-1BLancer program to buy additional next-generation B-21 bombers in the fiscal year 2021 budget,as changes are considered for the overall future of the aging bomber force.Accelerating procurement of the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-developed B-21 Raider is apriority for the service, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Sept. 17 at a mediaroundtable at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference here.