Northrop Chief Test Pilot Bruce Hinds and Air Force Col. Richard Couch, director of the B- 2 Combined Test Force, make the first flight of the Northrop B-2A advanced technology bomber, flying from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., to the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, Calif.
The KC-Z4, a blended wing body tanker concept being developed by startup JetZero, could fuel larger groups of aircraft at longer range to hold more targets at risk, company officials say.