(credit: US Air Force)
The aircraft to be built by Northrop Grumman for the US Air Force's Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) has now been officially designated by the Air Force as the B-21. The first conceptual drawings of the bomber to be revealed look very familiar—almost like a carbon copy of the last bomber the Air Force bought in the 1980s and 1990s.
In a presentation at the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando on February 26, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James unveiled an initial conceptual drawing of the aircraft as well as its designation. James announced that the Air Force will be taking suggestions from service members for the official name of the bomber. The B-21 designation, she said, was in recognition of the LRS-B as the first bomber of the 21st century.
“This aircraft represents the future for our Airmen," James said. “The Airman who submits the selected name will help me announce it at the conference this fall (the Air & Space Conference in September)."
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