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The B-21 Raider rolls onto the runway at Northrop Grumman's site at Air Force Plant 42, during its first flight, in Palmdale, California on Nov. 10, 2023.
The B-21 Raider rolls onto the runway at Northrop Grumman's site at Air Force Plant 42, during its first flight, in Palmdale, California on Nov. 10, 2023.

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  • The B-21 Raider, the US Air Force's newest bomber, has already entered production.
  • A top Pentagon official revealed that he gave the green light shortly after the aircraft's first flight.
  • The sleek B-21 has been touted as the "backbone of the future" for US military air power.

Production of the B-21 Raider is underway, a top Pentagon official revealed this week, a little more than two months after the US Air Force's newest bomber completed its maiden flight.

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