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The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, [3] is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying wing with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop (later Northrop Grumman ) as the prime contractor, with Boeing ...
The B-2 was quickly made obsolete by technological advances of the 1930s, and served only briefly with the Army Air Corps, being removed from service by 1934. Following production of the B-2, Curtiss Aircraft left the bomber business, and concentrated on the Hawk series of pursuit aircraft in the 1930s.
The aircraft was destroyed, but both crew members successfully ejected. [1] [2] The accident marked the first operational loss of a B‑2 bomber, and as of 2024 remains one of two lost B-2s since another damaged B-2 had to be retired due to repair costs after an on-board fire. [3]
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The operation focused on integrating the stealth bomber with US allies and partners over the Indo-Pacific region. Photos show a US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flying with Japanese F-35s for the ...
A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing taxis to the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, November 7, 2022 - Airman 1st Class Hailey Farrell/US Air Force/File
FILE - A B-2 bomber flies over spectators at Arrowhead Stadium before an NFL AFC Championship football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tennessee Titans, Jan. 19, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo.
On 30 November 1988, SAC announced that the 509th Bomb Wing would divest its FB-111 and KC-135 aircraft, relocate from its then-home station of Pease AFB, New Hampshire which was being realigned as an Air National Guard base pursuant to BRAC, and become the nation's first operational B-2 bomber unit. On 17 December 1993, Whiteman AFB's first B ...