Air Force Urged to Build 200 B-21 Bombers

Air Force urged to build 200 B-21 bombers

By Bill Gertz – The Washington Times – Thursday, February 12, 2026 Current plans for U.S. bomber forces are inadequate for winning a future conflict with China and the Air Force needs 200 new B-21 bombers to bolster the strategic bomber shortfall, according to a new report by a think tank that supports the Air Force. The larger bomber force is needed to attack Chinese inland sanctuaries should a war break out between the U.S. and China over Taiw…

U.S. Air Force Needs More Than 500 F-47 and B-21s Fend off China in the Indo-Pacific.

The US Air Force needs hundreds more F-47s and B-21s than it currently plans to buy, experts said. A new report examined the problems the Air Force would have in a war with China.Without a deeper a…