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The Air Force’s B-2 Bomber Nightmare Has Arrived

The U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit, its most formidable stealth bomber, suffers from a “stealth bomber problem”: scarcity.
The B-2 Spirit, a marvel of modern military technology, is a stealth bomber that can penetrate sophisticated enemy defenses undetected. Costing approximately $2 billion per unit, this aircraft is a ...
A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, opens the 108th Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, Jan. 1, 2022. (Tech. Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls/Air Force) Holiday spirit is in the air, and soon, ...
U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bombers have touched down at Andersen Air Force Base on the Pacific island of Guam for the first time since 2019, as shown in a series of images released by the ...
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Air Force recently completed the programmed depot maintenance (PDM) of the B-2 Spirit bomber Spirit of Nebraska ahead of schedule, returning it to service 91 days early ...
Novel capabilities ensure B-2 crews can ‘aviate, navigate, communicate, strike their targets, and get home safely’ with a bomber which ‘remains ready, effective, and survivable.’ The U.S. Air Force ...
Trump’s recent off-the-cuff comments led to speculation that the US Air Force might restart production lines for the B-2 ...
No matter how advanced the technology behind them or the place of origin, military airplanes of today retain the shape we all have been conditioned to recognize as belonging to such a contraption: a ...
The National Museum of the US Air Force has the world's only permanent public exhibition of a B-2. B-2 planes are known for their stealth technology, long flight range, and nuclear capability. The ...
One of the 509th Bomb Wing’s B-2 Spirit stealth bombers was forced to make an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base today. Photos from the scene show the bomber on the runway, one wing in the ...
It’s extremely difficult to pinpoint the exact time when people started seeing mysterious flying objects in the sky. The first recorded mention of disks overhead dates all the way back to Ancient ...
Since 1989, only 550 pilots have flown the B-2 Spirit, the $2 billion Air Force stealth bomber whose flying wing looks like a spaceship. By David Roza Published Jul 18, 2022 10:21 AM EDT That’s right, ...