B-21 Raiders set to be ‘on the ramp’ at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2027

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B-21 Raiders set to be ‘on the ramp’ at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2027
By Cristina Stassis
 Thursday, Jul 30, 2026
 
The U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raiders are on track for a 2027 delivery to a South Dakota base, an Air Force official said.

B-21 Raiders, the service’s long-range stealth bombers currently in initial production, will be “on the ramp” at Ellsworth Air Force Base next year, Gen. Dale White, director of Critical Major Weapon Systems, said in a Wednesday keynote address at an event in Dayton, Ohio.


White, who also acts as direct reporting portfolio manager to the deputy defense secretary, is tasked with managing weapons systems, such as the F-47 and B-21 programs.

At the Life Cycle Industry Days, hosted by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, White confirmed that the first operational aircraft of the stealth bombers are on track for a 2027 Ellsworth delivery as initially projected in February.

https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/07/30/b-21-raiders-set-to-be-on-the-ramp-at-ellsworth-air-force-base-in-2027/

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My brother is excited about this as he recently retired from Northrup Grumman following his involvement with the B21, where he led a team of software developers that wrote the code that established the interface used by the pilot(s) to commmunicate with the plane.

He never talks about it and would never answer any Q one might ask, of course.  He is a Marine and he says he would have to kill me if he answered.

And I believe he can and would.