The F-22 Raptor will participate in the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show at Offutt AFB, Neb., for the first time since 2010, announced Air Combat Command in a March 4 release. “We’re pleased to have the most sought-after single ship demonstration act in the world scheduled for our show,” said Col. Gregory Guillot, commander of the 55th Wing at Offutt. The Raptor will join the Navy’s Blue Angels, the Navy Parachute Team the Leap Frogs, and famous aircraft fliers and their aircraft. “If you were to ask any air show director what performers they’d like to have at their show, they’d say the Blue Angels and the F-22, so we’ve nailed it,” said Maj. Brian Burger, the director of the air show. The show will be held July 19-20.
Multiple B-21s are undergoing ground tests and being prepared to join the two aircraft now in test flight, and the Northrop Grumman is negotiating with the Air Force about how expanded production for the bomber could be accomplished, president and CEO Kathy Warden said Oct. 21. She also suggested a…