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19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 08 > it-was-the-greatest-mistake-we-ever-made-the-us-air-force-wanted-132-b-2-spirit-stealth-bombers-and-ended-up-with-just-21

"It Was the Greatest Mistake We Ever Made": The US Air Force Wanted 132 B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers and

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (744+ words) , in secrecy so deep the program officially did not exist, to solve the hardest problem in Cold War air...power: putting nuclear weapons through the Soviet Union’s integrated air defenses, the densest ever...Force priced that fleet at $64.8 billion....Air…...

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 08 > russia-thinks-it-has-a-real-us-air-force-f-22-raptor-and-f-35-stealth-fighter-killer-the-record-is-clear

Russia Thinks It Has a Real US Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35 Stealth Fighter Killer: The Record Is Clear

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (891+ words) The S-400 Triumf, known to NATO as the SA-21 Growler, is a long-range, road-mobile surface-to-air missile...In Iran, the Israeli and US bombing campaigns destroyed Iran’s air defenses, even overflying Tehran in...The Iranian air defenses included the older S…...

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 08 > the-b-1b-lancer-bomber-almost-merged-with-an-f-22-raptor-to-become-a-mach-2-2-b-1r-arsenal-ship-the-us-air-force-could-surely-use-right-now

1B Lancer Bomber Almost 'Merged' With an F-22 Raptor to Become a Mach 2.2 B-1R 'Arsenal Ship' the US Air Force Could Surely Use Right Now

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (767+ words) Twenty years later, the Air Force is arming those same hardpoints anyway — without the speed....In 2004, Boeing proposed taking the US Air Force’s B-1B bomber, its engines, and installing them on the...F-22 Raptor, along with a fighter’s radar…...

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 08 > the-us-air-force-lost-nearly-10-percent-of-its-irreplaceable-b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber-force-and-no-more-can-be-built

The US Air Force Lost Nearly 10 Percent of Its 'Irreplaceable' B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Force and No

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (128+ words) The real story of the two losses: each one permanently shrank a national capability, because nothing on Earth can replace a B-2 except its successor....

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > a-boeing-kc-46-pegasus-boom-jammed-in-the-receptacle-of-an-f-22-raptor-100-miles-off-virginia-on-july-8-2025-struck-the-tanker-after-the-aircraft-separated-and-broke-off-into-the-atlantic-the-air

The Air Force Put the Damage at $9,980,000.

21+ hour, 11+ min ago   (684+ words) On May 12 the Air Force and Boeing announced a readiness plan with an unusual first item: five early-production...The Air Force expects availability to rise about 6 percent in the near term....The Air Force began developing the KC-46 in 2011 primarily…...

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > the-saab-36-mach-2-nuclear-bomber-has-a-message-for-the-us-air-force-and-russia

The Saab 36 Mach 2 'Nuclear' Bomber Has a Message for the US Air Force and Russia

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (284+ words) The Saab 36 was a twin-engined delta meant to penetrate at high altitude and deliver a Swedish nuclear weapon. Its development cost could have approached Sweden's entire defence budget....

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 08 > the-us-air-force-planned-to-buy-750-f-22-raptor-stealth-fighters-it-built-187-it-has-184-left-and-no-more-can-be-built-ever-again

The US Air Force Planned to Buy 750 F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighters. It Built 187.

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (888+ words) The 1986 plan called for 750 Raptors. Production stopped at 187, and today's inventory stands at 184 - with Congress moving to lock that number in place until 2032....

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > like-time-travel-us-air-force-sr-71-blackbird-pilot-recalls-flying-so-fast-he-landed-at-beale-afb-almost-day-before-taking-off-from-kadena-ab

Like 'Time Travel': US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Recalls Flying So Fast He Landed at Beale AFB

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (270+ words) SR-71 Blackbird pilot David Peters flew a pass through the Korean DMZ, refuelled over the Sea of Japan, crossed Kamchatka and the Aleutians, and landed at Beale in time for a drink 17 and a half hours before departure....

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 08 > f-22-sea-raptor-the-plan-to-turn-the-us-air-force-f-22-raptor-stealth-fighter-into-a-us-navy-aircraft-carrier-warplane-that-looked-a-little-like-the-f-14

F-22 Sea Raptor: The Plan to Turn the US Air Force F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Into A US Navy Aircraft

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (721+ words) Vice Adm. Richard Dunleavy was the officer who stopped the F-22 Sea Raptor. He publicly questioned whether the Navy needed the aircraft at all given its weight, and with the Cold War ending and budgets tightening, the Navy's own cost argument…...

19FortyFive
19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > nasa-x-43a-flew-at-mach-9-6-and-110000-feet-no-air-breathing-aircraft-has-gone-faster-in-the-22-years-since

NASA X-43A Flew at Mach 9.6 and 110,000 Feet — No Air-Breathing Aircraft Has Gone Faster in the 22 Years

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (661+ words) The X-43A weighed about 3,300 pounds, was dropped from a B-52 on a Pegasus booster, and was built to be used once and never recovered. The whole program cost $230,000,000....

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