The Air Force Is Building the B-21 Raider a $2 Billion Home. The First Piece Is an $81 Million Wash Rack

The Air Force Is Building the B-21 Raider a $2 Billion Home. The First Piece Is an $81 Million Wash Rack

Summary and Key Points: The United States Air Force has formally accepted the first operational B-21 Raider facilities at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, the opening projects in a roughly $2 billion modernization effort built around the new stealth bomber. The two completed buildings, a $161 million Low Observable Restoration Facility for maintaining […]

Inside America’s Massive B-21 Investment

The U.S. Air Force is spending $2 billion to build a new home for its most advanced stealth bomber — and the first thing it needed was an $81 million wash rack. Story Snapshot Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota is the first official home for the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, with the first...