BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 22:30:37 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

WHY THE US AIR FORCE IS DOUBLING B-1B MODIFICATION SPENDING AS IT PREPARES THE B-21 RAIDER...

The US Air Force (USAF recently awarded $23.5 million to continue sustaining its fleet of aging Cold War supersonic bombers.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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