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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.
Key Points and Summary - A July visit to the B-2A Spirit at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton is a reminder: this bomber was built to slip past the toughest air defenses on earth. -The Spirit came ...
In June 2025, the U.S. deployed the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to destroy strategic nuclear sites in Iran, an operation that was deemed a "very successful attack" by President Donald Trump. The mission ...
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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 ...
The recent exercises followed last year’s 2024 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, in which a B-2 Spirit successfully sank a decommissioned Austin-class amphibious transport dock. A United States ...
In total, the crash inflicted $300 million worth of damage to the B-2 and nearly $30,000 in damage to the runway. The 2022 incident that resulted in the retirement of a Whiteman Air Force Base B-2 ...
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 ...
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Some Topeka locals got treated to an impromptu air show on Monday as a massive black plane soared over the city. Many in Topeka spotted a large plane flying low over the Capital City ...
There’s something almost otherworldly about the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. With its sharp bat-wing design and smooth, radar-evading skin, it looks like it flew straight out of a science fiction film.
The U.S. Air Force executed "Operation Midnight Hammer," a 37-hour, 7,000-mile B-2 Spirit bomber strike on Iran's Fordow and other nuclear facilities, marking the first combat use of GBU-57 Massive ...
Back in the late Cold War years, the U.S. was racing to stay ahead of the Soviet Union. This led them to develop a new kind of aircraft. This bomber, which was unlike anything the world had ever seen ...