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B-21 Raider AAR trial

US Air Force puts operational test pilot in B-21 Raider cockpit for the first time

B-21

June 12, 20265 min read

The USAF's first B-21 Raider prototype (serial AF-0001/'ED', nicknamed 'Cerberus') conducts an air-to-air refuelling trial over California with a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 370th FLTS at Edwards AFB on 10 March 2026. Image: Northrop Grumman

B-21 Raider refuelling trial images provide fresh look at design of USAF’s new stealth bomber

Aerial refuelling

April 16, 20266 min read

NASA’s innovative X-59 QueSST demonstrator cruises high above the Mojave Desert in California during its maiden flight – which lasted 67 minutes and allowed initial in-flight systems and performance checks to be completed – on October 28, 2025. Further flights will continue to expand the flight envelope of the X-59. Image: NASA/Lori Losey

NASA charts new envelope expansion milestones as X-59 returns to flight testing

Edwards AFB

April 2, 20268 min read

NASA's X-59 Quesst [registration N859NA '859'] is seen in-flight over California during the experimental supersonic aircraft's brief second test sortie on 21 March 2026. Image: NASA/Jim Ross

2nd test flight for NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft ends early after system warning

Edwards AFB

March 23, 20268 min read

T-7A attends Red Tail Rendezvous

Boeing T-7A Red Hawk

March 16, 20251 min read

USAF Efforts to get T-7A Redhawk testing back on track

Boeing News and Analysis

August 31, 20241 min read

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