{"id":4145327,"date":"2026-07-06T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/b-21-raider-no-show-america-250-flyover-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:19:12","slug":"b-21-raider-non-presentato-america-250-sorvolo-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/b-21-raider-no-show-america-250-flyover-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Il bombardiere stealth che \u00e8 rimasto a casa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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Three bombers in one formation. Eight Thunderbirds. A brand-new Air Force One with a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/f-22-raptor\">Raptor<\/a> escort. The one aircraft everybody on the internet was actually waiting for stayed 2,300 miles away, parked in the California desert.<\/p>\r\n<p>The B-21 Raider did not fly over the National Mall. It didn\u2019t fly over anything, except possibly the Edwards Air Force Base test range. And the funniest part? Its own manufacturer spent two weeks strongly hinting otherwise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; border-radius: 8px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;\">Quick Facts: The B-21 No-Show<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">The tease<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Northrop Grumman video: \u201cStealth Meets Spotlight: B-21 Blows Out 250 Candles\u201d + cryptic X posts<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">The answer<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">\u201cThe B-21 will not take part in any flyovers for this week\u2019s celebration\u201d \u2014 US Air Force official, to TWZ<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Where it was<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Edwards AFB, California \u2014 mid-way through aerial refueling trials<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Flying B-21s<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">Two pre-production aircraft (first flew Nov 2023, second in 2025); six pre-production jets planned<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 12px 4px 0; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Planned fleet<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 4px 0;\">100 aircraft minimum; first operational base Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Tease<\/h2>\r\n<p>It started in late June, when Northrop Grumman posted a seven-second clip to X: the silhouette of a flying-wing bomber, a row of birthday candles being blown out by jet wash, and the caption \u201cSome things stay off the radar. America\u2019s 250th isn\u2019t one of them.\u201d Subtle, this was not.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width: 550px; margin: 0 auto 28px;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 400px; border: none; border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2070296052905721901&amp;theme=light\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>A full 30-second version followed on YouTube \u2014 \u201cStealth Meets Spotlight: B-21 Blows Out 250 Candles to Celebrate America\u2019s Birthday\u201d \u2014 showing a Raider roaring low over the Utah salt flats. On July 1, the company doubled down with another post: an eyes emoji, a cake emoji and a flag. By then, the military-aviation corner of X had talked itself into a Fourth of July B-21 debut over the capital. Even the White House stoked the fire, with the president promising flyovers featuring \u201cthe most planes, the newest planes, the fastest planes.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ukXpvF6iT8\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The Answer From Edwards<\/h2>\r\n<p>Then the Air Force turned the lights on. Asked directly by The War Zone whether the Raider would take part in any 250th anniversary events, an Air Force official was unambiguous: \u201cThe B-21 will not take part in any flyovers for this week\u2019s celebration.\u201d Not on July 4, and not in any of the follow-on flyovers running through July 10.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cNo, no, the program is going really, really well, but the planes are out at Edwards, and we just started doing refueling. So to get a B-21 here [for the Fourth], not going to happen.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Troy Meink<\/strong> \u2014 Secretary of the Air Force, to Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>That\u2019s the whole story, and it\u2019s a perfectly good one: the only two flying B-21s are pre-production test aircraft in the middle of a flight-test campaign. They began aerial refueling trials just weeks ago \u2014 a milestone that produced the first overhead photos of the jet. Pulling one off test duty to fly a photo pass over the Potomac would cost the program time it doesn\u2019t want to lose.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/b-21-raider-second-test-aircraft.jpg\" alt=\"The second B-21 Raider test aircraft in flight over the Mojave desert\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">The second B-21 Raider joined flight testing at Edwards AFB in 2025. Both flying Raiders remain committed to the test campaign. US Air Force photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Off the Radar, On Schedule<\/h2>\r\n<p>If anything, the no-show is a sign of discipline. The Air Force is accelerating preparations to send B-21s to their first operational home at Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Secretary Meink says the programme is running well. The service still plans to buy at least 100 Raiders \u2014 a fleet that will eventually replace both the B-1B and the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-2-spirit\">B-2<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Washington\u2019s crowds still got their stealth bomber moment: a B-2 Spirit swept over the Mall in the tri-bomber formation alongside the B-1B and <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\">B-52<\/a>. As for the B-21 \u2014 a jet built around the idea of not being seen \u2014 skipping the biggest public spectacle of the decade might be the most on-brand move it could have made. Marketing department excepted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBh4yfWALak\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: The War Zone (TWZ), Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, Northrop Grumman<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\r\n<!-- mf-faq -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style>\r\n<h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2>\r\n<details class=\"mf-faq-item\">\r\n<summary>What is the B-21 Raider?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-answer\">\r\n<p>The B-21 Raider is the U.S. Air Force's newest stealth bomber, a long-range flying-wing aircraft built by Northrop Grumman and unveiled in 2022. 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