I first stood by the SR-71 in 1966 at Edwards. Dad worked at China Lake and we were friends with a lot of test pilots including Bill Dana who flew the X-15. We watched the SR-71 do some fly bys and it was like watching star wars. I always felt privileged to enter the bases and read the sign that said "what you see here, what you hear hear....let it stay here". I never got the chance to see the B-2. A good friend was driving home from a fishing trip up at Kennedy Meadows and was going 90mph in the upper valley when to his right at about 100ft off the deck was a B-1 Lancer, wings spread to go as slow as he could. He could see the pilot as the plane accelerated with full afterburners, wings folding back, and went straight up at the end of the valley over the mountains. "Coolest thing I ever saw".
Was fishing overnight in a boat out in the middle of lake when what had to be a B-2 passed low overhead during a pitch black moonless night. It was massive, and eerily nearly silent. When I got back home I jumped online and saw there had been an air show in another state where a B-2 had flown. I was nearly dead center between there and the bird's home base. Apparently many other witnesses in the area didn't notice the small aircraft strobes, because they were convinced it was "a UFO."
I just had a craft fly over my home at 330 a.m. and there was absolutely no sound. No lights. And it was triangular. Then, oddly enough, I watched another one that evening in the shape of a v with no sound and no lights. These were huge. About the size of three or four planes. I've had the bomber fly over my last house a few miles away and these definitely were no bombers. I'm on a hunt to find out what these were because the internet is full of people giving up and calling them UFOs. There's an explanation and I'm determined.
There once was a weird story telling creep coworker who stated to multiple people that he once made a dilivery to an Air Force base and that the Sergeant "liked him so much" that he granted him a sneak peak and access to a similar aircraft that would camouflage electronically and the made up material felt like Gel. He also said that he also sat in the cockpit and that with just the pilots helmet everything would turned on by commands. I then told him to SPLIT that joint in half next time he smoked and to stop watching so many sci-fi flicks
I think your probably closer to truth than Society realizes!!!!but we're getting slowly drip fed for we all know a person is smart but people are dangerous an panicky an cause rioting for the most petty of causes!!
I can't wait to see what it does that the b2 couldn't be upgraded to do. I guess the b2 lifetime is running low for the fleet. Surprised they have a smaller payload... I wonder if the AF has given up on the super fast missile trucks concept as well. A insanely fast airframe that can get near and unload a ton of missiles at key targets and retreat. (Either flying as low as possible or high.)
I saw a B-2 fly over low and turn above me. It gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes I was so overwhelmed. It was like I was awoken to how far into the future we are from my childhood. It looked like something from Star Wars
There's nothing like getting a close up pass by an aircraft to stir the spirit and imagination! I've been lucky throught out my life. A F-4 blasted by over our old farm house at tree top level when I was a kid; he was trying to catch up with a bomber training flight that had went over earlier. I've also had an F-117, and a F-35 pass closely over head when floating down a river near Little Paxtent Maryland. Most moving of all, I in a rented white 4 x4, cross country wheeling and had pulled up near a boundary of a bomb testing range in AZ. Two A-10's came low out of a canyon, and as only A-10's can, did than nose up then stand on a downward wingtip and cruised right towards me and scorched over my head about a 100 ft above. I think they were showing off for me, or meant to scare me for being near the testing range; ha, ha, they did both!
Probably allows for some deniablity if it isn't a ufo. Cause apparently these make regular flights in and out of the world airspace aswell. Maybe maybe .
Surprise: “More on that later” when I thought I heard all there is to hear about the B-21. This was the start of a very insightful explanation of stealth technology. Super!
Although it's not regaining. It's overmatched. Just how America likes it. Technologically and organizationally, nothing comes close to American air power and its absolute dedication to the idea that a battle can be won before it's ever fought with all the advantages afforded by air dominance.
It's interesting how knowledge builds on itself. From what I've read, the flying-wing design was patented by Hugo Junkers in 1910. Then the Horten brothers developed a flying-wing glider in 1932. In 1945, the brothers developed and flew the first prototype jet engine-powered flying-wing for the German government. Now look how far we've come with this complex work of art!
They did not inspire a flying wing bomber or stealth in any way. Stop this meme and accept that convergent technologies exist (XB-35 was drafted in 1939)
@@johngiegler633 Not great, tests proved it could be detected by British radar relatively easily. It was still """stealthy""" in that it wasn't nearly as noticeable as a conventional plane, but it still soaked up that sweet, sweet IR energy.
I always remember reading that when they were testing the RCA of the have blue that they realised that they were seeing the pole it was placed on and not the aircraft, so they went away and had to redesign the pole to actually get a true RCA.
They took the blue off the stand when the Russian satellite was coming around, later we found out the Russians were able to detect the shape from the heat differential caused by the shadow.
@@pnichols6500 that was the theSR - 71 or arc- angle I thought? The Russians could see the shadow on the tarmac,when they wheeled it in to the hanger.
@@pnichols6500 The story is correct, but I believe that was the SR-71 Blackbird. Not the Have Blue. The russians had drawings of the silhouette of the SR-71 before they actually had seen the plane.
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Because the Horton Brothers actually didn't do a ton of work on 229, it was mostly done by the Gothaer Waggonfabrik Company rather than the Horton Brothers, additionally most the work on flying wings that contributed to the B-2 and B-21 was taken from the Earlier work done by Jack Northrup, who did far more to advance the flying wing design then the Horton Brothers ever did, they had a glider, Jack developed a Prototype Demonstrator, Piston Bomber, Jet Bomber and Jet Fighter version of the flying wing. The fact that they only mentioned Northrup and not Jack Northrup specifically is the Criminal Statement, there is very little evidence that the Horton Brothers design added much to the development of the B1 because Jack Northrup was already working on them during the war.
@@20somthingdrifter11 The Horten Brothers did the HO229 and have said they did it. The First Flyingwing with Jet Engines in the World was by the Horten's, well before Northrop that is Fact. Horten and Northrop both started with Gliders. Horten's went Jet Engines first and Northrop were Prop Engines as you should know.
Seriously, why does everyone compare stuff like the B2 and the B21 to the Ho 229. Don't get me wrong, I like the Ho 229, but saying that it had influence to the B2 or B21 design is false. Flying wing designs existed before the Ho 229. The only similarities the Ho229 had to the B2 and such is that they both had jet engines and are flying wings. The ho 229 wasn't designed to be stealthy at all, and the Horton brother claims to that were BS. The main reason Germany had Jets before the Allies (and not by much at that) was because the treaty of Versailles prevented Germany from developing aircraft engines, so to get around that they focused more on rockets and in turn jet engines. This led to them having a slight head start in that field but also led to them having inferior aircraft compared to the Allies throughout most of the war. It really bothers me when people unironically say Germany was more technologically advanced compared to the Allies in WW2, because in reality they weren't.
@@chrisblack6258 you should research about it the Horten Brothers they did it 1st. America got the jet engine from the Nazis. America went to space because of Nazis. America took in many Nazi scientists during and after the war.
Actually the way stealth works size has nothing to do with it. Whether you scaled the plane up 200% or down 50% it would still have the same radar cross section (RCS) no matter what. It is the shape and materials that matter not size.
@@blueskiestrevor5200 in the real world you literally can't change the scale of something without correcting design/shape + validation of the materials under new stress to not break every thing like any one to one scale shift would. RAS is the future form of stealth take a RAM layer and sandwich it between a refractive layer to guide radiation inward to be absorbed by the RAM generating heat and a reflective layer to bounce any that isn't another chance to be absorbed and residual then directed away from source. All made into a composite material that can be formed to serve as the actual airframe/structural components.some sort of skin cooling to counter the IR sig gain might be tricky and maintenance hell but that could be solved with enough 0s
@@blueskiestrevor5200 A stealth aircraft is a set of inclined mirrors. The reflection of a plane wave off a mirror of length d produces an interference pattern with angular lobe width θ⁰ ≈ λ/d. The bigger aircraft produces a narrower beam and returns higher order side lobes with substantially lower power.
I agree the B-52 will out live us. Even when finally put out of service someone somewhere will keep one or 2 in the air long after anyone of us watching this. That along with the A-10 are icons and I love them!
I’ve been lucky enough to see the B2 for myself once, it is the most unreal experience watching that preform a fly past, the B21 will be a game changer and fascinating to see when unveiled
How do you think this B21 thing will change the game. It seems it has already been rendered obsolete as evident by the unfolding scenario in Ukraine. No aircraft is safe flying in environment of modern air defense. Targets can be utterly destroyed with long range precision stand -off missiles. The cost each at $700 million estimated (LMOA if you believe that - much more likely at $1.5 billion final not including service and maintenance) would be much better spent purchasing 700 cruise missiles and would have much better in theater effect. But the ever-hungry MIC needs to be fed.
Awesome. Wonder if they have an operational squadron yet. B-52, B-1, B-2 and now B-21. That's one hell of a diverse heavy bomber fleet at least for now.
USA should just go full Sparta and cut out the cancel culture rainbow people no way this is the culmination of 4000+ years of civilization and we run the risk of imploding and falling to outside and inside forces
@@Val2073 "only" B52 and B21 xD I know how you meant it, but it really sounds funny though lol xD I am not well-informed in this regard, but isn't it premature to retire the B2´s completely? If the airframe is still in a good shape, then surely one could maintain it even while taking B21´s into service. Or am I missing something here? I mean, I understand the budgetary constraints and that it could make sense to retire them early in order to save the maintenance and operating costs. But is it really necessary? Even when the B2 is an older model, it still is a very much capable platform and can contribute to the operational strategy of the US air force.
No one except the United States makes this type of aircraft, for various reasons. But let me remind you that in the 99th year in Yugoslavia, the F-117 was shot down by an outdated soviet S-125 complex. That is, there are questions - what is this advantage and whether it is so necessary in the era of hypersonic weapon and reconnaissance satellites, especially for such money?
@@Cleon851 I would argue, but I don't know the facts. I can only say that the old radars operate in the meter range, while having a number of disadvantages, such as high sensitivity in clouds. And the Stealth concept was developed based on modern radars at that time, which worked in the decimeter and centimeter ranges. And it's worth remembering that Stealth technology does not make the aircraft invisible, but simply reduces visibility at a distance, and the C-125 has a short range. And the last fact is that Stealth technology was developed based on the scientific works of Soviet scientist Pyotr Ufimtsev, his book, which was publicly available in the USSR, was used by Lockheed in their developments, but in the 90s, when Ufimtsev emigrated to the United States, he admitted that there was a second classified book that described how to detect aircraft manufactured using this technology. Never again have planes made using stealth technology collided with Soviet anti-aircraft complexes. (True, for the reason that these aircraft are too difficult to maintain and only very few American bases can serve them.) Therefore, we do not have statistics and it is difficult to discuss the reasons.
@@evl1536 *The laser weapon on our Raider can overcome any hypersonic weapon - assuming you can actually find and target 🎯 the aircraft to begin with.* *Hypersonic weapons are not miracle weapons - Are Russian hypersonic missiles downing Ukrainian aircraft? No.* *Are Russian hypersonic missiles destroying HIMARS in Ukraine? No.* *Are hypersonic weapons winning the war for Ukraine? No.* *We also have a variety of hypersonic missiles and we have ways to repel hypersonic missiles as well.* *This is a common theme from American haters - hypersonic missiles will defeat our military - I wouldn't count on it.*
Very well made video and lets all appreciate the fact that the US Air Force has accepted that nothing can replace the B-52 and no longer try to find a replacement for it and accept its eternal. As for the B-2. Something tells me well the B-21 fleet grows the B-2 will continue to remain in-service and likely refitted to standard a couple more times before it eventually is retired. Making it closer to its replacement. The BONE however. Yeah we can accept that its reaching its end..
I constantly struggle with the fact that the B-52 is a vastly more economical method of delivering heavy bomb loads than anything more modern. It has over twice the payload of the B-21 raider at one eighth the acquisition cost. It's only downside is that the US cannot dare deploy it anywhere it does not have absolute air dominance. Fortunately for the Air Force, there are many parts of the world where the US can find itself involved where is DOES enjoy absolute air dominance.
Usually a variety of reasons for this. #1 being that we already have overmatch when it comes to controlling the skies. Soon we won't need as many pilots. They'll be part of the nuclear deterrent triad. When the button is pushed, there's no running away. Always and never. No mistakes, but always ready. That has been the way the deterrent forces have operated within NATO and specifically the USA. They're scary
One big reason for not producing as many is that technology is moving much faster and things become obsolete so new designs are prioritized. Like it was for the B-1, cancelled for the B-2. Also the world is catching up to us and pushing us to better designs all the time.
Wow, this was incredibly detailed and went into the depth of current stealth tech. Thought I knew everything about stealth aircraft and surprisingly came to know more from your video. Great work and waiting for more.
I remember when the B2 was unveiled they prohibited the media from photographing the tail section of the engine. I think this must have been some weakness they found in the design. My brother was on the outskirts of the county in which we lived. He said he heard an aircraft approaching but didn't think much of it until he saw it. It was a B2 which had yet to be unveiled. Said it scared the hell out of him because he did know what he had just seen.
I lived near Rosamond near Edwards AFB. I have seen it fly by while standing in yard. It really looks like a UFO, and it has a weird blue glow from engine area at night. It’s a really cool plane! I am retired military so I have base access also. Edwards is used as a testing base.
Bold move to put out a B-21 video one week before its unveiling. Run the risk that the video becomes dated by the unveiling. I recall that Testor released a model of the F-117 based on the very deceptive photo that the USAF had released. The model had a wing sweep more like the B-2 than the very raked sweep of the actual F-117.
the B - 2 was soooo ahead of it's time pure stealth over performance , but dam even toay i don't know if 90% of the world armies can even pick up, the raider just amazing modernisation and rethinking of that air frame. you don't change a winning team
Sooo ahead of its time it is hardly faster than stripped 747. You must remember when Serbia shot a B1 out of the sky with Soviet AA from the early 1970s. Or was that so ahead of it's time you hadn't heard about that? The B2 is a very latecopy of a German WW II bomber design almost 80 years old. Look it up if you want to talk about a plane ahead of its time.
@@mandellorian790 if we only attack third-world countries like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan we don't have to worry about radar but aircraft that slow can be brought down with simple anti-aircraft guns and some eyeballs.
@@erichkorman710 You are slightly mistaken. Serbia (Yugoslavia) shot down not the B-2 but the F-117 and it was not in the 80s, but 1999, but it was shot down with the C-125 complex, this complex was released in 1961. About the shape of the fuselage. Yes, Germany had such a jet aircraft project in 1931 with a similar shape (flying wing) Horten Ho IX and even released several models (in 1942), but the fact is that physics is common to all and repetition of forms is normal. But yes, you are right that the US is not revolutionary here.
Had a dream just 2 weeks ago of this exact aircraft flying just over head and it was so real. No intellect of any airplanes or jets. Then this just shows up randomly in my news feed 👀👀
it might have some drone wingmen that are Air-to-air missile trucks and the B-21 could carry cruise missiles then, perhaps have something from the NGAD family of systems there
Just found your channel today! Absolutely amazing coverage man, I appreciate the time and the professionalism you’ve put into your content. Keep up the amazing work! I remember going to an air show as a kid and seeing an F-117 and just being amazed at the size of it, I had never seen military aircraft in real life. Even an F/A-18 seemed exponentially larger than I had imagined and it blew my mind how capable it was. I spent 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th but was primarily around Blackhawks and CH-47’s or AH-64’s. The few times in country where I was able to get up close to fighter aircraft is one of my favorite memories. They’re fascinating to me and certainly were a welcome addition on the battlefield. You had a feeling of security so to speak when you knew CAS was inbound. To this day I’m still in awe of the skill sets of rotary and fixed wing aircraft pilots, my MOS (11B) doesn’t take a rocket scientist to get into, I mean we put in work out there but as much as the Army gives the Air Force crap I was and will always be in awe of our fighter aircraft and their support crews and pilots. Are the F-22 and F-35 still on the cutting edge? It’s just not something I’m in the know about.
F35 avionics are decades ahead of the F22's (which started in the 80s and entered production in 97). But, the F35's raw kinetic performance pales in comparison to the much larger, more powerful, thrust vectored F22. They only ended up making 187 F22s instead of the thousands originally planned, as it was to takeover the F15s role. Supposedly the 22 is going to be put out to pasture within a decade as it's costly to maintain and spares are almost non-existent for some items as it's tooling was shut down a decade+ ago in favor of the multinational, MONEY MAKING F35. Japan, UK, Australia...everyone wanted the F22 but I've read the highups didn't want our greatest ally 🇮🇱 getting their skeety mitz on it so the GOA banned export as to not offend the rabbis.
@@ruthnoya8424 Thanks so much for the info! There’s so much about aircraft I just don’t know but any free time I have I’ve been trying to educate myself as it’s absolutely fascinating. Really appreciate it!
Here are some B21 facts guaranteed to be correct: The project will come in over-budget. It will see little actual use. Some defense industry execs will make a bunch of money. Performance will be over-hyped and under-delivered. The contractor will miss deadlines and face no repercussions. It will be exorbitantly expensive to fly(mainly at air shows). The taxpayer will be on the hook for cost overruns.
Not! It’s capable of getting much closer before it’s detected it’s not intended to be invisible. That gives very little time for defenses to react. It’s a deterrent and drone wingmen are far less costly and will fly with them. It’s the system it’s a big part of not just the plane.
I'm not sure how relatively sedate flight profile of Raider, reportedly designed as high-altitude only bomber, would benefit from variable cycle engine. In any case, I'd love to see B-2 converted to tankers for Raider.
I could see a "new F-117" with profile contouring and advanced/improved aerodynamics, perhaps to replace or supplement the F-15E. Funny store, the B-2 helped me pass speech class. I did my final speech on why we needed the B-2.
That's just a worse smaller b21. The f117 would need to grow otherwise it's tiny payload bays make it useless as a Stealth supplement to the f15ex as the f22 and f35 already are stealth and the ex's main purpose is to be missile trucks fed targeting data and fire control from both of those systems mainly to overcome the stealth payload constraint. but still better then the f117
@@ruthnoya8424 You do realize he said "new F-177", as in they are not pulling the old plane out of mothballs, right? But that said, The NGAD and FA-XX will likely have bomber load outs as they are both supposed to have modularity in their designs, meaning they can be configured for bombing missions. In short, you are both right. the B-21 will get all, or most, of the bomber specific money. But there will also be a "new F117".
10:50 It's crazy that in a sense we are creating titans of the sky that as you point out will out-live us all. What a beast of an airframe... Was this the one designed with slide-rules right? What a marvelous era for engineering!
Indeed, the B-52 was designed in an era of slide rules and one of the first concepts for the airplane was sketched out on the back of a napkin from what I understand. Thanks for commenting!
They did a crap job with the name. They even had a poll. I refuse to believe raider won. This is the Spirits Kid. Wraith, Reaper, ect. Make no bones about it she’s meant to be a more tactical application of the B2 and I’d wager she retains nuclear strike capability. Northrops dream is going modern.
It's not likely the B-21 will use the GE Adaptive Cycle Engine, since Pratt & Whitney was announced early on as a major subcontractor to Northrop for the B-21. I chuckled when I heard the claim that the B-2 was one of the most successful all wing designs. They only built 21, and 1 crashed on takeoff. One is a test aircraft, so that leaves on 19 combat qualified B-2's in service. They are $2B apiece in today's dollars and for years it was a nightmare to maintain their stealth. Northrop hopefully has lessons learned from the B-2 and has incorporated them into the B-21. It is interesting to note that many of the stealth engineers at Northrop were formerly employed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. Not sure how the "strike any target anywhere in 2 hours" is justified. The only way that could happen is if it's based within about 1200 miles of the target, which is - coincidentally, about the great circle distance between Ramstein Air Base in Germany and Moscow, Russia.
Doubt they did. These airplanes are just a method to funnel military budgets into the hands of contractors and civilians and military working these contracts etc. It’s all a smoke screen. They don’t give a damn about making a good product just “making” it and getting the $$$$ in and out. Just like the B2 and F35
Harsh criticism, it’s only one small part of our deterrence, with b1 and B52 all nuclear capable along with cruise missiles it’s not the only part of a very complicated defense system but it has a part. One very important part. Like every other individual weapon. I don’t know about buying two hundred of them they will be obsolete before they’re built, but enough to fit the plans is all that’s necessary.
@@dancotterman1267 I was only referring to the claims of the B-21 and B-2. The video could make it more clear if their 2 hour strike claim includes ICBMs.
so, the computers that pretty much do the flying and make the wing fly, now can also incorporate AAFD (Advanced Adjusted Fin Design) So, example, the B21, goes into enemy air, whats better then being invisible? being seen as one of their aircraft...or a civilian one. The AAFD, is a computer controlled surface independent sets of fins through out the aircraft, that when deployed in the desired configuration, will reflect the energy/radar and back to appear to be a friendly plane. so the enemy will think nothing of it...for a little bit. This has been on the research and design group of "HVN" the theory has been tested on multiple applications. hopefully the b21 will use this. you can see an example, of the civilian use on a vehicle, Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR. Thought its basic, military applications go beyond that. maybe skunk works can get things rolling faster
Based on the last Air Force rendering, the B-21 is going to look so crazy. The cockpit glass is full WTF in an awesome way. And it isn't black like the other stealth bombers. It's either a daylight bomber or it's painted anti-flash white or it could be both.
@mandellorian790 You have to read and inform a lot more about this subject, you have mixed and erroneous concepts. First of all there is not anything you can't detect, this technologies are developed for being Harder to detect, not undetectable.
Variable geometry means a lot of heavy dead weight, it isn’t stealthy, and it isn’t that fast. For interdiction missions strike fighters are a better choice, for penetration missions it’s suicidal compared to stealthier options, and it offers nothing special as a cruise missile carrier where the simple B-52 is the practical choice.
i like the possibility of turning it into a Missile truck, i think the proposal was called the B-1R or something, i am sure they will find more uses for it (at least to extend it's life while waiting for more B-21s)
@@Yuki_Ika7 Yes, the B1r never was that seriously considered but the B1r would have gotten f119 engines out of the raptor and some small tweaks to lower its RCS. With 4 f119 engines and a payload of 75,000 pound it would be an awesome missile truck. The grim reapers built one in DCS recently if you want to see what it might look like in combat
@@Justanotherconsumer whoa hold on now, that isn't quite fair to say. The B-1A was the DAS , AI (tac & strategic), SAC/SEAD, nuclear weapons delivery penetrator. The B-1B was as a more conventional IAA/ strike- x -fighter with large payload comparable to most penetrators. But only a penetrator in the sense of highly contested AI missions like / SEAD/ DAS / CAS .. I think the simplistic use similar to f(b)-111 was appropriate. Seeing as the f-111 did so well across all roles , missions , regions. Cost an complexity isn't all that different. Variable geometry wing aircraft get alot of hate, unjustified in my opinion. Some of the GOAT in attack/fighter/bomber/electronics/High altitude SR. so a larger aircraft shouldn't be much different. Either way a b52 can't get in and out of contested airspace with less then Air superiority fighters / awcs / EW / KC. Even if it could it would be a standoff launch. I would love to see it sub 1000ft, at night, striking targets an supporting troops
I think the B2 would have over the years. But the B21 will be made from better materials and possibly be Faster. I don't think they will retire the B2s dispite having B21 not in a hurry anyway.
Clearly PilotPhotog has never heard of the Horten HO229 the First Jet Engine Flying Wing, plus old school RAM Coating aka Fine Graphite powder added to the Paint on the Horten HO229 back in the 1940s.
True, but the Ho 229 had zero influence on the B2 and B21 design, it was a continuation of a project from 1929. Also the ho 229 wasn't made to be stealthy at all, and it wasn't stealthy, I believe the main reason some people believe this is because the Horton brothers said so, but they have lied on quite a few things.
@@rexrex429 B2 has copied the Hidden Jet Engines in the Fuselage straight off the Horten HO229, Blind Freddy can see that. Flying wing Shape has a Natural low cross section to Radar anyway, Horten said he added the very fine Graphite to the Paint on the HO229 for stealth.
@@rexrex429 Get your Eyes Checked as the HO229 is where the B2 got it's Jet Engines hidden in the Fuselage idea from. Jack Northrop was still using Prop Engines on his Flying wing Jobs.
Imagine if it also had at least 2 air to air weapons for its own defense. The new bomber may be stealthy enough to not be very visible to long wave radar…. So what if you can see it if you can’t lock it, unless you’re going to send fighters after it, but if you can’t even see it….. it’s more like how the general public tends to think of stealth vs reality
The resin used in the flying wing alone was over 2k a gallon lol I remember when the Navy Airforce was there doing qualification trials we aways had more then 2 scores to run the wing skin lmao that chit ran great
The tecnolagy used now is crazy in carbon materials and it's going to be a race in development of AI controlling a flying wing yup it will be manless in 20 yrs
On your rendering of the b21, the intakes and exhaust are incorrect. The engine placement is different than the B-2. The B-21's engine cowlings are flowed to the main body, not separate.
I don't really think Russia is busy building or developing any type of cutting edge military tech. They are literally falling back onto World War I tech in Ukraine now...
Great video, I've had my calendar marked for this reveal since I heard. One thing I always wonder is that they say it won't be in service for a few years but I wonder if that's true? I wonder if that's a smokescreen and they have a bunch ready to go?
Amazing that the company capable of manufacturing this bleeding edge technology has a 3D rendering that looks like it was put together some time in 2013.
When the last B-21 Raider is retired, probably 40 years from now, the only bomber remaining in the Air Force will be the B-52.
I first stood by the SR-71 in 1966 at Edwards. Dad worked at China Lake and we were friends with a lot of test pilots including Bill Dana who flew the X-15. We watched the SR-71 do some fly bys and it was like watching star wars. I always felt privileged to enter the bases and read the sign that said "what you see here, what you hear hear....let it stay here". I never got the chance to see the B-2. A good friend was driving home from a fishing trip up at Kennedy Meadows and was going 90mph in the upper valley when to his right at about 100ft off the deck was a B-1 Lancer, wings spread to go as slow as he could. He could see the pilot as the plane accelerated with full afterburners, wings folding back, and went straight up at the end of the valley over the mountains. "Coolest thing I ever saw".
Does it have cup-holders? So sick of upgrades that don't include basic amenities available in a 1980 Ford Escort (for a small upcharge).
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Found the pilot 😂👍
Of course it has $5million cup holders and $20k toilet seats😁
Believe the B2 has toilet amenities and a small kitchen too. The Russian bombers definitely do so can imagine the B21 will be tip-top
Seriously wtf my ashtray! Lol
Was fishing overnight in a boat out in the middle of lake when what had to be a B-2 passed low overhead during a pitch black moonless night. It was massive, and eerily nearly silent. When I got back home I jumped online and saw there had been an air show in another state where a B-2 had flown. I was nearly dead center between there and the bird's home base. Apparently many other witnesses in the area didn't notice the small aircraft strobes, because they were convinced it was "a UFO."
I just had a craft fly over my home at 330 a.m. and there was absolutely no sound. No lights. And it was triangular. Then, oddly enough, I watched another one that evening in the shape of a v with no sound and no lights. These were huge. About the size of three or four planes. I've had the bomber fly over my last house a few miles away and these definitely were no bombers.
I'm on a hunt to find out what these were because the internet is full of people giving up and calling them UFOs. There's an explanation and I'm determined.
The B-52 will definitely outlive all of us. It will be the first bomber to bomb alien bases on Mars lol
There once was a weird story telling creep coworker who stated to multiple people that he once made a dilivery to an Air Force base and that the Sergeant "liked him so much" that he granted him a sneak peak and access to a similar aircraft that would camouflage electronically and the made up material felt like Gel. He also said that he also sat in the cockpit and that with just the pilots helmet everything would turned on by commands. I then told him to SPLIT that joint in half next time he smoked and to stop watching so many sci-fi flicks
@@Tony-bg6ql must of smoked some pretty good weed 😵💫🤣
I think your probably closer to truth than Society realizes!!!!but we're getting slowly drip fed for we all know a person is smart but people are dangerous an panicky an cause rioting for the most petty of causes!!
This is an excellent video that excels in giving detailed information with beautiful, to the point footage.Respect!
Can't wait to see the B-21 finally be revealed!!
I cant either, brotha!
Pretty much revealed it here.
I can't wait to see what it does that the b2 couldn't be upgraded to do.
I guess the b2 lifetime is running low for the fleet.
Surprised they have a smaller payload...
I wonder if the AF has given up on the super fast missile trucks concept as well. A insanely fast airframe that can get near and unload a ton of missiles at key targets and retreat. (Either flying as low as possible or high.)
It's just a b2 with upgraded avionics lol
Dec2 keep an eye out!
Wow man you killed it...... Great Job... Love it
I'm excited to see your upcoming video on the B-21!
Thank you and good to see you here!!!
I saw a B-2 fly over low and turn above me. It gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes I was so overwhelmed. It was like I was awoken to how far into the future we are from my childhood. It looked like something from Star Wars
Had a similar experience. Thought I was seeing a UFO at first!
There's nothing like getting a close up pass by an aircraft to stir the spirit and imagination! I've been lucky throught out my life. A F-4 blasted by over our old farm house at tree top level when I was a kid; he was trying to catch up with a bomber training flight that had went over earlier. I've also had an F-117, and a F-35 pass closely over head when floating down a river near Little Paxtent Maryland. Most moving of all, I in a rented white 4 x4, cross country wheeling and had pulled up near a boundary of a bomb testing range in AZ. Two A-10's came low out of a canyon, and as only A-10's can, did than nose up then stand on a downward wingtip and cruised right towards me and scorched over my head about a 100 ft above. I think they were showing off for me, or meant to scare me for being near the testing range; ha, ha, they did both!
Probably allows for some deniablity if it isn't a ufo. Cause apparently these make regular flights in and out of the world airspace aswell. Maybe maybe .
@@johnshields9110 They were probably using you for target practice. 😉
@@panpiper lol 😆
Thanks!
Dude your videos are like the best informative videos on RUclips
Thank you Max! I try to get a little better each time, glad you enjoy the content
Marvelous detail: the rotating refuleing access panel at 7:20. Amazing footage.
pure aerodynamics
I've had Dec 2nd marked on my calender since the announcement!!! Can't wait to see this beauty!!
Same here!
@@PilotPhotog it's exciting huh?! Oh yeah I meant to say, great video! Lol
Surprise: “More on that later” when I thought I heard all there is to hear about the B-21. This was the start of a very insightful explanation of stealth technology. Super!
Well done TOGington x
Although it's not regaining. It's overmatched. Just how America likes it. Technologically and organizationally, nothing comes close to American air power and its absolute dedication to the idea that a battle can be won before it's ever fought with all the advantages afforded by air dominance.
Thanks SuperCap!
Great video on the B-21. Can't wait to see the upcoming B-52 video!!
It's interesting how knowledge builds on itself. From what I've read, the flying-wing design was patented by Hugo Junkers in 1910. Then the Horten brothers developed a flying-wing glider in 1932. In 1945, the brothers developed and flew the first prototype jet engine-powered flying-wing for the German government. Now look how far we've come with this complex work of art!
HO229 was the first Jet Engine Flying Wing, well before Northrop.
I wonder what the radar cross section was of these earlier flying wings?
@@johngiegler633 Northrop said it was a very low cross section on the HO229 as all Flyingwing shape has it by nature.
They did not inspire a flying wing bomber or stealth in any way. Stop this meme and accept that convergent technologies exist (XB-35 was drafted in 1939)
@@johngiegler633 Not great, tests proved it could be detected by British radar relatively easily. It was still """stealthy""" in that it wasn't nearly as noticeable as a conventional plane, but it still soaked up that sweet, sweet IR energy.
Great Video ,very detailed
I always remember reading that when they were testing the RCA of the have blue that they realised that they were seeing the pole it was placed on and not the aircraft, so they went away and had to redesign the pole to actually get a true RCA.
They took the blue off the stand when the Russian satellite was coming around, later we found out the Russians were able to detect the shape from the heat differential caused by the shadow.
That was a long time ago.
@@pnichols6500 that was the theSR - 71 or arc- angle I thought? The Russians could see the shadow on the tarmac,when they wheeled it in to the hanger.
@@pnichols6500 The story is correct, but I believe that was the SR-71 Blackbird. Not the Have Blue. The russians had drawings of the silhouette of the SR-71 before they actually had seen the plane.
@@spiff1003 Thanks for updating my memory!!
Bro , you definitely have a gift . I always look forward to your next video and have yet to be disappointed . You are very good at what you do Tog , and I know you'll keep up the great work and these awesome videos . As usual , two enthusiastic thumbs up from this camp bro . 👍👍🇺🇲
Duncan thank you so much, I appreciate your support and always look forward to your comments, cheers!
I'm surprised that their was no mention of the Horten Ho 229
100%
Because the Horton Brothers actually didn't do a ton of work on 229, it was mostly done by the Gothaer Waggonfabrik Company rather than the Horton Brothers, additionally most the work on flying wings that contributed to the B-2 and B-21 was taken from the Earlier work done by Jack Northrup, who did far more to advance the flying wing design then the Horton Brothers ever did, they had a glider, Jack developed a Prototype Demonstrator, Piston Bomber, Jet Bomber and Jet Fighter version of the flying wing. The fact that they only mentioned Northrup and not Jack Northrup specifically is the Criminal Statement, there is very little evidence that the Horton Brothers design added much to the development of the B1 because Jack Northrup was already working on them during the war.
Horten brothers are receiving undo fame. Northrop was flying a propeller-driven wing in the 20s.
It's yellow and on display at Dulles
@@20somthingdrifter11 The Horten Brothers did the HO229 and have said they did it. The First Flyingwing with Jet Engines in the World was by the Horten's, well before Northrop that is Fact. Horten and Northrop both started with Gliders. Horten's went Jet Engines first and Northrop were Prop Engines as you should know.
Seriously, why does everyone compare stuff like the B2 and the B21 to the Ho 229. Don't get me wrong, I like the Ho 229, but saying that it had influence to the B2 or B21 design is false. Flying wing designs existed before the Ho 229. The only similarities the Ho229 had to the B2 and such is that they both had jet engines and are flying wings. The ho 229 wasn't designed to be stealthy at all, and the Horton brother claims to that were BS. The main reason Germany had Jets before the Allies (and not by much at that) was because the treaty of Versailles prevented Germany from developing aircraft engines, so to get around that they focused more on rockets and in turn jet engines. This led to them having a slight head start in that field but also led to them having inferior aircraft compared to the Allies throughout most of the war. It really bothers me when people unironically say Germany was more technologically advanced compared to the Allies in WW2, because in reality they weren't.
The Horten brother's legacy lives on.
I am sure they would be proud of their legacy being destroying the world to perpetuate the elites in power
No, it's from Northrop's flying wing, not the German one.
That's it , I thought that was soon as I saw it
@@chrisblack6258 you should research about it the Horten Brothers they did it 1st. America got the jet engine from the Nazis. America went to space because of Nazis. America took in many Nazi scientists during and after the war.
@@chrisblack6258 pray tell, where did Northrop get its flying wing idea from? XD
Excellent work. Bravo !
Thank you! Cheers!
It's stealthy *because* it's big. Even fairly long wave radar reflects rather than diffracts off the B-2.
Actually the way stealth works size has nothing to do with it. Whether you scaled the plane up 200% or down 50% it would still have the same radar cross section (RCS) no matter what. It is the shape and materials that matter not size.
@@blueskiestrevor5200 in the real world you literally can't change the scale of something without correcting design/shape + validation of the materials under new stress to not break every thing like any one to one scale shift would. RAS is the future form of stealth take a RAM layer and sandwich it between a refractive layer to guide radiation inward to be absorbed by the RAM generating heat and a reflective layer to bounce any that isn't another chance to be absorbed and residual then directed away from source. All made into a composite material that can be formed to serve as the actual airframe/structural components.some sort of skin cooling to counter the IR sig gain might be tricky and maintenance hell but that could be solved with enough 0s
@@blueskiestrevor5200 A stealth aircraft is a set of inclined mirrors. The reflection of a plane wave off a mirror of length d produces an interference pattern with angular lobe width θ⁰ ≈ λ/d. The bigger aircraft produces a narrower beam and returns higher order side lobes with substantially lower power.
Great video as always! Your resources must be extreme! Thanks!
I agree the B-52 will out live us. Even when finally put out of service someone somewhere will keep one or 2 in the air long after anyone of us watching this. That along with the A-10 are icons and I love them!
When the last B-21 is flown to the Davis-Monthan boneyard, a B-52 will take its crew back home.
Yes! A-10 thunderbolt II lives on
This is the 1000th comment on this video. Congatulations to the author of this channel!
I’ve been lucky enough to see the B2 for myself once, it is the most unreal experience watching that preform a fly past, the B21 will be a game changer and fascinating to see when unveiled
Here’s me thinking they only ever built 31 B2 and lost 1 so the goal of 100 B21 is ambitious, I like the nod to the Doolittle raiders though
How do you think this B21 thing will change the game. It seems it has already been rendered obsolete as evident by the unfolding scenario in Ukraine. No aircraft is safe flying in environment of modern air defense. Targets can be utterly destroyed with long range precision stand -off missiles. The cost each at $700 million estimated (LMOA if you believe that - much more likely at $1.5 billion final not including service and maintenance) would be much better spent purchasing 700 cruise missiles and would have much better in theater effect. But the ever-hungry MIC needs to be fed.
Awesome. Wonder if they have an operational squadron yet. B-52, B-1, B-2 and now B-21. That's one hell of a diverse heavy bomber fleet at least for now.
that's a world beating fleet for sure
B21s go in unmanned, bomb while b2s are back with LRSMs then b1s then b52s.
USA should just go full Sparta and cut out the cancel culture rainbow people no way this is the culmination of 4000+ years of civilization and we run the risk of imploding and falling to outside and inside forces
It will only be B-52 and B-21. The B-21 is replacing both the B-1 and the B-2.
@@Val2073 "only" B52 and B21 xD I know how you meant it, but it really sounds funny though lol xD I am not well-informed in this regard, but isn't it premature to retire the B2´s completely? If the airframe is still in a good shape, then surely one could maintain it even while taking B21´s into service. Or am I missing something here? I mean, I understand the budgetary constraints and that it could make sense to retire them early in order to save the maintenance and operating costs. But is it really necessary? Even when the B2 is an older model, it still is a very much capable platform and can contribute to the operational strategy of the US air force.
It will allow America to retain the edge in stealth bomber technology, not regain.
Exactly .
No one except the United States makes this type of aircraft, for various reasons.
But let me remind you that in the 99th year in Yugoslavia, the F-117 was shot down by an outdated soviet S-125 complex. That is, there are questions - what is this advantage and whether it is so necessary in the era of hypersonic weapon and reconnaissance satellites, especially for such money?
@@evl1536 stealth had no factor in that downing and it was the pilot who made the error
@@Cleon851 I would argue, but I don't know the facts. I can only say that the old radars operate in the meter range, while having a number of disadvantages, such as high sensitivity in clouds. And the Stealth concept was developed based on modern radars at that time, which worked in the decimeter and centimeter ranges. And it's worth remembering that Stealth technology does not make the aircraft invisible, but simply reduces visibility at a distance, and the C-125 has a short range.
And the last fact is that Stealth technology was developed based on the scientific works of Soviet scientist Pyotr Ufimtsev, his book, which was publicly available in the USSR, was used by Lockheed in their developments, but in the 90s, when Ufimtsev emigrated to the United States, he admitted that there was a second classified book that described how to detect aircraft manufactured using this technology.
Never again have planes made using stealth technology collided with Soviet anti-aircraft complexes. (True, for the reason that these aircraft are too difficult to maintain and only very few American bases can serve them.) Therefore, we do not have statistics and it is difficult to discuss the reasons.
@@evl1536 *The laser weapon on our Raider can overcome any hypersonic weapon - assuming you can actually find and target 🎯 the aircraft to begin with.* *Hypersonic weapons are not miracle weapons - Are Russian hypersonic missiles downing Ukrainian aircraft? No.* *Are Russian hypersonic missiles destroying HIMARS in Ukraine? No.* *Are hypersonic weapons winning the war for Ukraine? No.* *We also have a variety of hypersonic missiles and we have ways to repel hypersonic missiles as well.* *This is a common theme from American haters - hypersonic missiles will defeat our military - I wouldn't count on it.*
well narrated and informative video. thank you
Very well made video and lets all appreciate the fact that the US Air Force has accepted that nothing can replace the B-52 and no longer try to find a replacement for it and accept its eternal.
As for the B-2. Something tells me well the B-21 fleet grows the B-2 will continue to remain in-service and likely refitted to standard a couple more times before it eventually is retired. Making it closer to its replacement.
The BONE however. Yeah we can accept that its reaching its end..
I constantly struggle with the fact that the B-52 is a vastly more economical method of delivering heavy bomb loads than anything more modern. It has over twice the payload of the B-21 raider at one eighth the acquisition cost. It's only downside is that the US cannot dare deploy it anywhere it does not have absolute air dominance. Fortunately for the Air Force, there are many parts of the world where the US can find itself involved where is DOES enjoy absolute air dominance.
@@panpiper that and the fact the airforce figured out that the b52 makes a wonderful cruise missile platform
I can't wait for it to be unveiled tonight!!!
I’ll believe they do a full purchase of B21’s when it happens. So far they haven’t kept their intended production numbers on platforms in a long time.
Usually a variety of reasons for this.
#1 being that we already have overmatch when it comes to controlling the skies. Soon we won't need as many pilots.
They'll be part of the nuclear deterrent triad. When the button is pushed, there's no running away. Always and never. No mistakes, but always ready. That has been the way the deterrent forces have operated within NATO and specifically the USA. They're scary
@@Chironex_Fleckeri Nothing is beyond our reach.
I hope they dont. 100 of these is completely unnecesarry
One big reason for not producing as many is that technology is moving much faster and things become obsolete so new designs are prioritized. Like it was for the B-1, cancelled for the B-2. Also the world is catching up to us and pushing us to better designs all the time.
If you can kindly station 5 of these in Australia it will be much appreciated.
Regards your mates down under
Cheers
Wow, this was incredibly detailed and went into the depth of current stealth tech. Thought I knew everything about stealth aircraft and surprisingly came to know more from your video. Great work and waiting for more.
It really didn't go in depth at all.... not relative to what capabilities and components ACTUALLY are available on it
I hope that plane doesn't end up being a junk like the F35!
@@benjamina913 it will. Its just used for profiteering and keep the military spending being funneled to contractors and into the economy.
I remember when the B2 was unveiled they prohibited the media from photographing the tail section of the engine. I think this must have been some weakness they found in the design.
My brother was on the outskirts of the county in which we lived. He said he heard an aircraft approaching but didn't think much of it until he saw it. It was a B2 which had yet to be unveiled. Said it scared the hell out of him because he did know what he had just seen.
I lived near Rosamond near Edwards AFB. I have seen it fly by while standing in yard. It really looks like a UFO, and it has a weird blue glow from engine area at night.
It’s a really cool plane! I am retired military so I have base access also.
Edwards is used as a testing base.
I wish they would do a fly by at C.C. NAS that would be the coolest ever. Go Navy
I dont think it has flown yet. Only tested in virtual programs
Reverse engineered UFO
You haven't seen the B-21 flying.
@@angelcarrion2042 who has?
Bold move to put out a B-21 video one week before its unveiling. Run the risk that the video becomes dated by the unveiling.
I recall that Testor released a model of the F-117 based on the very deceptive photo that the USAF had released. The model had a wing sweep more like the B-2 than the very raked sweep of the actual F-117.
Great content & well presented. I've just subscribed & look forward to the video on the unveiling of the B21.
Great work. Beautiful design
Hi Tog x
Just saw this Cap!
What I needed
I can not wait until the B-21 gets shown but it will more than likely resemble the B-2 very much.
Does it use some kind of electrical field around the wings?
We finally caught up to the HO-229
I already have one.
I love it.
I love being in the Airforce and seeing all the beautiful aircraft around me
I will wait the dec 2nd! It gonna be magnificent
the B - 2 was soooo ahead of it's time pure stealth over performance , but dam even toay i don't know if 90% of the world armies can even pick up, the raider just amazing modernisation and rethinking of that air frame. you don't change a winning team
Sooo ahead of its time it is hardly faster than stripped 747. You must remember when Serbia shot a B1 out of the sky with Soviet AA from the early 1970s. Or was that so ahead of it's time you hadn't heard about that? The B2 is a very latecopy of a German WW II bomber design almost 80 years old. Look it up if you want to talk about a plane ahead of its time.
@@mandellorian790 if we only attack third-world countries like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan we don't have to worry about radar but aircraft that slow can be brought down with simple anti-aircraft guns and some eyeballs.
@@erichkorman710 You are slightly mistaken. Serbia (Yugoslavia) shot down not the B-2 but the F-117 and it was not in the 80s, but 1999, but it was shot down with the C-125 complex, this complex was released in 1961.
About the shape of the fuselage. Yes, Germany had such a jet aircraft project in 1931 with a similar shape (flying wing) Horten Ho IX and even released several models (in 1942), but the fact is that physics is common to all and repetition of forms is normal. But yes, you are right that the US is not revolutionary here.
Had a dream just 2 weeks ago of this exact aircraft flying just over head and it was so real. No intellect of any airplanes or jets. Then this just shows up randomly in my news feed 👀👀
It sure would be cool if the missile truck concept was built into the Raider.
If the “B”21 is the same platform as NGAD that’ll be a good chuckle.
it might have some drone wingmen that are Air-to-air missile trucks and the B-21 could carry cruise missiles then, perhaps have something from the NGAD family of systems there
@@Justanotherconsumer What are you saying?
Do you know what base the unveiling will be at ?
Nice video, however, you didn't mention the Horton brothers who invented the flying wing in 1944-45. Michael
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Just found your channel today! Absolutely amazing coverage man, I appreciate the time and the professionalism you’ve put into your content. Keep up the amazing work! I remember going to an air show as a kid and seeing an F-117 and just being amazed at the size of it, I had never seen military aircraft in real life. Even an F/A-18 seemed exponentially larger than I had imagined and it blew my mind how capable it was. I spent 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th but was primarily around Blackhawks and CH-47’s or AH-64’s. The few times in country where I was able to get up close to fighter aircraft is one of my favorite memories. They’re fascinating to me and certainly were a welcome addition on the battlefield. You had a feeling of security so to speak when you knew CAS was inbound. To this day I’m still in awe of the skill sets of rotary and fixed wing aircraft pilots, my MOS (11B) doesn’t take a rocket scientist to get into, I mean we put in work out there but as much as the Army gives the Air Force crap I was and will always be in awe of our fighter aircraft and their support crews and pilots. Are the F-22 and F-35 still on the cutting edge? It’s just not something I’m in the know about.
F35 avionics are decades ahead of the F22's (which started in the 80s and entered production in 97). But, the F35's raw kinetic performance pales in comparison to the much larger, more powerful, thrust vectored F22. They only ended up making 187 F22s instead of the thousands originally planned, as it was to takeover the F15s role. Supposedly the 22 is going to be put out to pasture within a decade as it's costly to maintain and spares are almost non-existent for some items as it's tooling was shut down a decade+ ago in favor of the multinational, MONEY MAKING F35. Japan, UK, Australia...everyone wanted the F22 but I've read the highups didn't want our greatest ally 🇮🇱 getting their skeety mitz on it so the GOA banned export as to not offend the rabbis.
@@ruthnoya8424 Thanks so much for the info! There’s so much about aircraft I just don’t know but any free time I have I’ve been trying to educate myself as it’s absolutely fascinating. Really appreciate it!
B2 is still the best bomber today and its 30 years older than this thing, its going to be epic
Here are some B21 facts guaranteed to be correct: The project will come in over-budget. It will see little actual use. Some defense industry execs will make a bunch of money. Performance will be over-hyped and under-delivered. The contractor will miss deadlines and face no repercussions. It will be exorbitantly expensive to fly(mainly at air shows). The taxpayer will be on the hook for cost overruns.
Can't wait for the reveal!!
If the B-2 is already almost unstoppable, can't imagine how OP the B-21 it's gonna be
Remember what the average person knows, is a good few years after the original use expires.
B-2 can be easily picked up by the S300 it has only ever been used as a standoff weapon giant waste of money
Unstoppable against armies of goat herders with the Toyota Hilux and no air defenses
@@robw7381 bahahahah the S300 can only detect it at around 5nm
Not! It’s capable of getting much closer before it’s detected it’s not intended to be invisible. That gives very little time for defenses to react. It’s a deterrent and drone wingmen are far less costly and will fly with them. It’s the system it’s a big part of not just the plane.
Brilliant and Thank You. You read my dreams before CHATGPT did. Subscribed and liked.
I'm not sure how relatively sedate flight profile of Raider, reportedly designed as high-altitude only bomber, would benefit from variable cycle engine. In any case, I'd love to see B-2 converted to tankers for Raider.
The US isn't going to pay the high cost of maintenence on a B-2 for use as a tanker.
Unless a stealthy refueling boom can be made, stealthy tankers won't be a thing.
That's not an issue obviously since the US is developing a stealth refueling drone to be put into service soon.
VERY impressive 👍
I could see a "new F-117" with profile contouring and advanced/improved aerodynamics, perhaps to replace or supplement the F-15E. Funny store, the B-2 helped me pass speech class. I did my final speech on why we needed the B-2.
That's just a worse smaller b21. The f117 would need to grow otherwise it's tiny payload bays make it useless as a Stealth supplement to the f15ex as the f22 and f35 already are stealth and the ex's main purpose is to be missile trucks fed targeting data and fire control from both of those systems mainly to overcome the stealth payload constraint. but still better then the f117
The F117 is a long obsolete design. All bomber money going forward is on the B21.
I mean thats practically some of the new unmanned concepts/prototypes like the X-47
@@ruthnoya8424
You do realize he said "new F-177", as in they are not pulling the old plane out of mothballs, right? But that said, The NGAD and FA-XX will likely have bomber load outs as they are both supposed to have modularity in their designs, meaning they can be configured for bombing missions. In short, you are both right. the B-21 will get all, or most, of the bomber specific money. But there will also be a "new F117".
@@MrDJAK777 I said "E", not "EX". Two different roles.
Great! Thanks for this video tech warfare updates.
10:50 It's crazy that in a sense we are creating titans of the sky that as you point out will out-live us all.
What a beast of an airframe... Was this the one designed with slide-rules right?
What a marvelous era for engineering!
Indeed, the B-52 was designed in an era of slide rules and one of the first concepts for the airplane was sketched out on the back of a napkin from what I understand. Thanks for commenting!
@jamesdeer3129😢
Informative, consise.
Some very nice footage of some amazing aircraft. Looking forward to the B 21 unveiling!
Can he do any maneuvers? Like in the blink of an eye maneuver?
They did a crap job with the name. They even had a poll. I refuse to believe raider won. This is the Spirits Kid. Wraith, Reaper, ect. Make no bones about it she’s meant to be a more tactical application of the B2 and I’d wager she retains nuclear strike capability. Northrops dream is going modern.
We don’t want to sound like the baddies 😉 and “Raider” has some historical background so that’s kinda nice
I have to admit, “Wraith” would be a fucking sick name for a stealth bomber.
@@BullGator-kd6ge yeah….. when the spirit was publicly admitted to she scared the hell out if everyone who rattled the saber at us.
I personally like it when homage is paid to historically badass men.
Should've named it Frisbee
Can’t wait! Few hours left
It's not likely the B-21 will use the GE Adaptive Cycle Engine, since Pratt & Whitney was announced early on as a major subcontractor to Northrop for the B-21. I chuckled when I heard the claim that the B-2 was one of the most successful all wing designs. They only built 21, and 1 crashed on takeoff. One is a test aircraft, so that leaves on 19 combat qualified B-2's in service. They are $2B apiece in today's dollars and for years it was a nightmare to maintain their stealth. Northrop hopefully has lessons learned from the B-2 and has incorporated them into the B-21. It is interesting to note that many of the stealth engineers at Northrop were formerly employed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. Not sure how the "strike any target anywhere in 2 hours" is justified. The only way that could happen is if it's based within about 1200 miles of the target, which is - coincidentally, about the great circle distance between Ramstein Air Base in Germany and Moscow, Russia.
Doubt they did. These airplanes are just a method to funnel military budgets into the hands of contractors and civilians and military working these contracts etc. It’s all a smoke screen. They don’t give a damn about making a good product just “making” it and getting the $$$$ in and out. Just like the B2 and F35
Harsh criticism, it’s only one small part of our deterrence, with b1 and B52 all nuclear capable along with cruise missiles it’s not the only part of a very complicated defense system but it has a part. One very important part. Like every other individual weapon. I don’t know about buying two hundred of them they will be obsolete before they’re built, but enough to fit the plans is all that’s necessary.
@@dancotterman1267 I was only referring to the claims of the B-21 and B-2. The video could make it more clear if their 2 hour strike claim includes ICBMs.
This is a badass platform
It looks the same as the Horten Ho 229 v2/v3.
so, the computers that pretty much do the flying and make the wing fly, now can also incorporate AAFD (Advanced Adjusted Fin Design) So, example, the B21, goes into enemy air, whats better then being invisible? being seen as one of their aircraft...or a civilian one. The AAFD, is a computer controlled surface independent sets of fins through out the aircraft, that when deployed in the desired configuration, will reflect the energy/radar and back to appear to be a friendly plane. so the enemy will think nothing of it...for a little bit. This has been on the research and design group of "HVN" the theory has been tested on multiple applications. hopefully the b21 will use this.
you can see an example, of the civilian use on a vehicle, Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR. Thought its basic, military applications go beyond that.
maybe skunk works can get things rolling faster
Based on the last Air Force rendering, the B-21 is going to look so crazy. The cockpit glass is full WTF in an awesome way. And it isn't black like the other stealth bombers. It's either a daylight bomber or it's painted anti-flash white or it could be both.
Probably white or chrome to help defeat the new gen flir systems. Allegedly china has developed marketed improvements on those systems.
Compare this to the Horten Gotha 229 from 1944
@mandellorian790 You have to read and inform a lot more about this subject, you have mixed and erroneous concepts. First of all there is not anything you can't detect, this technologies are developed for being Harder to detect, not undetectable.
@mandellorian new gen FLIR cannot detect it either
It’s just beautiful ❤
I feel like the b1 bomber has a lot of life left in it. But never got any good upgrades
Variable geometry means a lot of heavy dead weight, it isn’t stealthy, and it isn’t that fast. For interdiction missions strike fighters are a better choice, for penetration missions it’s suicidal compared to stealthier options, and it offers nothing special as a cruise missile carrier where the simple B-52 is the practical choice.
i like the possibility of turning it into a Missile truck, i think the proposal was called the B-1R or something, i am sure they will find more uses for it (at least to extend it's life while waiting for more B-21s)
@@Yuki_Ika7 Yes, the B1r never was that seriously considered but the B1r would have gotten f119 engines out of the raptor and some small tweaks to lower its RCS. With 4 f119 engines and a payload of 75,000 pound it would be an awesome missile truck. The grim reapers built one in DCS recently if you want to see what it might look like in combat
@@Justanotherconsumer whoa hold on now, that isn't quite fair to say. The B-1A was the DAS , AI (tac & strategic), SAC/SEAD, nuclear weapons delivery penetrator.
The B-1B was as a more conventional IAA/ strike- x -fighter with large payload comparable to most penetrators. But only a penetrator in the sense of highly contested AI missions like / SEAD/ DAS / CAS ..
I think the simplistic use similar to f(b)-111 was appropriate. Seeing as the f-111 did so well across all roles , missions , regions. Cost an complexity isn't all that different.
Variable geometry wing aircraft get alot of hate, unjustified in my opinion. Some of the GOAT in attack/fighter/bomber/electronics/High altitude SR. so a larger aircraft shouldn't be much different.
Either way a b52 can't get in and out of contested airspace with less then Air superiority fighters / awcs / EW / KC. Even if it could it would be a standoff launch. I would love to see it sub 1000ft, at night, striking targets an supporting troops
I think the B2 would have over the years. But the B21 will be made from better materials and possibly be Faster. I don't think they will retire the B2s dispite having B21 not in a hurry anyway.
All I can say is I'm proud to be an American. God bless the United States of America!
Clearly PilotPhotog has never heard of the Horten HO229 the First Jet Engine Flying Wing, plus old school RAM Coating aka Fine Graphite powder added to the Paint on the Horten HO229 back in the 1940s.
True, but the Ho 229 had zero influence on the B2 and B21 design, it was a continuation of a project from 1929. Also the ho 229 wasn't made to be stealthy at all, and it wasn't stealthy, I believe the main reason some people believe this is because the Horton brothers said so, but they have lied on quite a few things.
@@rexrex429 B2 has copied the Hidden Jet Engines in the Fuselage straight off the Horten HO229, Blind Freddy can see that. Flying wing Shape has a Natural low cross section to Radar anyway, Horten said he added the very fine Graphite to the Paint on the HO229 for stealth.
I know right. Its lucky that the HO229 was not ready for flight till World War 2 was practically over otherwise we might all be speaking German now.
@@rexrex429 Get your Eyes Checked as the HO229 is where the B2 got it's Jet Engines hidden in the Fuselage idea from. Jack Northrop was still using Prop Engines on his Flying wing Jobs.
@@keithmorse7665 For sure and Lucky they Bombed the V2 Rocket Dome Bunker in France or V2 was going to Rain on England everywhere.
great show! subbed
apparently, as the world slept. The US has been working...
great video - very informative - as always. Love your channel !!!
Imagine if it also had at least 2 air to air weapons for its own defense. The new bomber may be stealthy enough to not be very visible to long wave radar…. So what if you can see it if you can’t lock it, unless you’re going to send fighters after it, but if you can’t even see it….. it’s more like how the general public tends to think of stealth vs reality
The resin used in the flying wing alone was over 2k a gallon lol I remember when the Navy Airforce was there doing qualification trials we aways had more then 2 scores to run the wing skin lmao that chit ran great
The tecnolagy used now is crazy in carbon materials and it's going to be a race in development of AI controlling a flying wing yup it will be manless in 20 yrs
On your rendering of the b21, the intakes and exhaust are incorrect.
The engine placement is different than the B-2. The B-21's engine cowlings are flowed to the main body, not separate.
The B-52 isn't sexy, but it is important to keep in service due to its unbeatable range and payload.
It's instant death in today's war
What's it drop one weapon and how much does it cost? I'll take an A4 Phantom.
I don't really think Russia is busy building or developing any type of cutting edge military tech. They are literally falling back onto World War I tech in Ukraine now...
Brainwashed by msm
Do we know if the unveiling is going to be streamed anywhere online?
Thie new bomber looks like a winner,very impressive. I still wonder what the YF-23 would have been had they picked it over the yf-22 is today.
Amazing the day of my birthday America created a masterpiece of air superiority 👏👏👏
It reminds me of the Cylon raiders from Battlestar Galactica.
Black, silent and deadly.
That to me strongly resembles the ww2 German Horten gotha 229 in fact the only one that was made combat ready is stored in Smithsonian
Great video, I've had my calendar marked for this reveal since I heard. One thing I always wonder is that they say it won't be in service for a few years but I wonder if that's true? I wonder if that's a smokescreen and they have a bunch ready to go?
This one pass on Philippine air space it was even photograph but US denied it. Its already operational just doing final testing
Just watched the roll out.
100 B-21s? I'll believe it when I see it.
GRUMANN, ALWAYS ON POINT.
Amazing that the company capable of manufacturing this bleeding edge technology has a 3D rendering that looks like it was put together some time in 2013.
AMAZON ONLINE AVAILABLE OR NOT?