First photos of the B-21 Raider airborne

The US Air Force has released the first photos of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider strategic stealth bomber airborne. An air-to-air photograph shows the first test aircraft (AF 0001/ED) while flying from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Another depicts the aircraft taking off from Edwards. A May 22, 2024 US Air Force press release that accompanied the new photos quoted remarks by Andrew Hunter, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, during testimony at the Senate