{"id":5903209,"date":"2026-07-17T11:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/b-21-raider-two-pilot-crew-confirmed-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:06:51","slug":"b-21-raider-zwei-pilotenbesatzung-bestatigt-fur-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/de\/b-21-raider-two-pilot-crew-confirmed-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Kein Roboter am Steuer: Die B-21 beh\u00e4lt zwei Piloten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Jahrelang kursierte das Ger\u00fccht, Amerikas neuer Tarnkappenbomber B-21 Raider br\u00e4uchte nur eine kleine Besatzung \u2013 er k\u00f6nne mit nur einem Piloten oder gar keinem fliegen. Diesen Monat beendete die US-Luftwaffe diese Spekulationen mit einer eindeutig realistischen Antwort: Der Raider wird mit zwei Piloten im Cockpit in den Krieg ziehen.<\/p>\r\n<p>Das Air Force Global Strike Command best\u00e4tigte in einer Erkl\u00e4rung die Besatzungszusammensetzung und beendete damit monatelange Debatten dar\u00fcber, ob der Bomber von einem Piloten mit Waffensystemoffizier, einem einzelnen Piloten oder einem autonomeren System geflogen werden w\u00fcrde. Es werden zwei Piloten sein.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #111;\">Kurzinfo<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Flugzeug<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider (Stealth-Bomber)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Crew<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Zwei Piloten, best\u00e4tigt im Juli 2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Erster Flug<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">10. November 2023<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Hauptbetriebsbasis<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota (erste)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Ersetzt<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">B-1 Lancer und B-2 Spirit<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Bemerkenswert<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">WSOs und CSOs boten Pilotenausbildungen an, um der Flotte beizutreten.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Warum zwei Piloten und nicht ein Roboter?<\/h2>\r\n<p>Die Entscheidung ist von Bedeutung, da die B-21 von Anfang an auf autonomen Betrieb ausgelegt war \u2013 sie soll zuk\u00fcnftig unbemannte Missionen fliegen k\u00f6nnen. F\u00fcr den bemannten Einsatz entschied die Luftwaffe jedoch, dass die Arbeit eines atomwaffenf\u00e4higen Bombers, der tief in umk\u00e4mpften Luftraum eindringt, eine Aufgabe f\u00fcr zwei Personen ist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; 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>\u201cNach sorgf\u00e4ltiger Analyse der fortschrittlichen F\u00e4higkeiten der B-21 kam die F\u00fchrung der Luftwaffe zu dem Schluss, dass eine Zwei-Piloten-Konfiguration das Missionsprofil des Flugzeugs optimal unterst\u00fctzt.\u2019<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>US-Luftwaffenministerium<\/strong> \u2014 offizielle Erkl\u00e4rung, Juli 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=596883786  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/b-21-raider-cockpit-detail.jpg\" alt=\"B-21 Raider Cockpit\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Das Cockpit der Raider. Die Luftwaffe kam zu dem Schluss, dass Eins\u00e4tze mit nuklearf\u00e4higen Zielen, die zum Eindringen in feindliches Gebiet f\u00fchren, von zwei Piloten durchgef\u00fchrt werden sollten. Foto: US Air Force \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Es gibt eine Neuerung, die viele Besatzungsmitglieder freuen d\u00fcrfte. Anstatt die Navigatoren und Waffensystemoffiziere, die seit Jahrzehnten Bomber fliegen, auszuschlie\u00dfen, startet die Luftwaffe ein Programm, um ausgew\u00e4hlte Waffensystemoffiziere und Waffensystemoffiziere zur Pilotenausbildung und anschlie\u00dfend zum Einsatz auf der Raider zu entsenden \u2013 wodurch ihre hart erarbeitete taktische Erfahrung bewusst innerhalb der Flotte erhalten bleibt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; 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>\u201cUm die Kampfkraft und \u00dcberlebensf\u00e4higkeit des Raiders zu maximieren, ist es unerl\u00e4sslich, die umfassende taktische und Kampferfahrung, die derzeit in den WSO- und CSO-Gemeinschaften vorhanden ist, zu erhalten.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>US-Luftwaffenministerium<\/strong> \u2014 offizielle Erkl\u00e4rung, Juli 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Der Bomber, auf den Amerika setzt<\/h2>\r\n<p>Die B-21 absolvierte ihren Erstflug im November 2023 und befindet sich derzeit in der intensiven Flugerprobung. Die Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota ist als erster Einsatzst\u00fctzpunkt vorgesehen. Sie soll sowohl die B-1 Lancer als auch die bew\u00e4hrte B-2 Spirit ersetzen, und die US-Luftwaffe plant die Anschaffung von mindestens 100 Maschinen \u2013 dem R\u00fcckgrat ihrer Bomberflotte f\u00fcr die n\u00e4chsten 50 Jahre.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=1595654708  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/b-21-raider-plant-42-hangar.jpg\" alt=\"B-21 Raider im Werk 42\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Eine B-21 Raider in ihrem Hangar im Werk 42 in Palmdale, Kalifornien. Foto: US Air Force \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Die Bekanntgabe der Besatzung ist ein kleiner Punkt in einem riesigen Programm. Doch sie kl\u00e4rt eine Frage, die sich verselbstst\u00e4ndigt hatte \u2013 und best\u00e4tigt, dass zumindest vorerst der fortschrittlichste jemals gebaute Bomber immer noch zwei Menschen an der Spitze hat.<\/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\/h-78zMu2s6A\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Quellen: The Aviationist; Air Force Times; TWZ; Air Force Global Strike Command; USNI News.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">\u00c4hnliche Beitr\u00e4ge<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/b-21-raider-operational-pilot-combined-test-edwards\/\">Ein Kampfpilot ist gerade mit der B-21 Raider geflogen.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/b-21-raider-no-show-america-250-flyover-2026\/\">Der Tarnkappenbomber, der zu Hause blieb<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die US-Luftwaffe best\u00e4tigt, dass die B-21 Raider mit einer zweik\u00f6pfigen Pilotenbesatzung fliegen wird, womit Spekulationen \u00fcber einen einpilotengest\u00fctzten oder autonomen Stealth-Bomber beendet 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