The Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing will be spending much of the fall in New Hampshire, sharing facilities with ANG’s 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Station. The Air Guard is having runway repairs done at the Burlington (Vt.) Airport. The Associated Press news service reports that the Green Mountain boys will fly training missions out of Pease.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.