"We can confirm that a B-21 Raider flight-test aircraft completed a test event involving a close-proximity flight with a KC-135 Stratotanker. This flight is part of the ongoing, rigorous test campaign to validate the B-21’s capabilities and operational readiness." Source: Details released concerning key refueling-related tests for the B-21 Raider are now underway, an Air Force spokesperson said, the latest milestone towards delivering the next-generation bomber by 2027. Several open-source intelligence accounts and plane spotters posted images of a B-21 approaching a KC-135 tanker over California. One account cited flight-radar data indicating that the tanker was from Edward Air Force Base’s 370th Flight Test Squadron. Other photographs and videos showed the bomber being followed by an F-16 fighter jet…
