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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 ...
Avro Vulcan B.2 XH533, the first B.2 Vulcan, flying at Farnborough in 1958. The 46th production aircraft and first B.2, XH533, first flew in September 1958 using Olympus 200 engines, six months before the last B.1 XH532 was delivered in March 1959. [49] The second B.2, XH534, flew in January 1959.
On 23 February 2008, a B‑2 crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. [1] The crash of the Spirit of Kansas, 89-0127, which had been operated by the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and had logged 5,100 flight hours, [6] was the first crash of a B‑2. [7]
On 1 Apr 1994, the 442nd Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command relocated to Whiteman AFB with their A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to become a tenant command at Whiteman AFB following the BRAC-directed closure of their former home station, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. [citation needed] On 10 December 2022, there was a crash involving a ...
The B-2 Spirit took up its design from Hal Markarian. During the initial project of the Stealth Bomber, Hal Markarian was appointed as project manager. [2] The first sketches of the aircraft were done by Markarian in June 1979. [3] Markarian's proposal was one of the two designs that were considered in the making of the Stealth Bomber.
Still, Mohammed Albasha, an independent security analyst who specializes in Yemen, said the U.S. operation with B-2 bombers indicates "a shift in U.S. policy" to a "firmer stance against the group ...
The Air Force now has the B-61-12 tactical nuclear bomb ready for operational use on its 20 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.
#1: A B-2 Spirit at Night #2: High resolution shot #3: High resolution shot rotated. I think this image is striking; it appears in the B-2 Spirit article. Its an United States Air Force public domain photo loaded by Radical Bender. Nominate and support. - TomStar81 10:14, 16 July 2005 (UTC) Oppose. Dark, and an uninformative angle.