The B2StealthBomber is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions.
The B2StealthBomber has a crew of two pilots, a pilot in the left seat and mission commander in the right, compared to the B-1B's crew of four and the B-52's crew of five.
The success of the B2StealthBomber was proved in Operation Allied Force, where it was responsible for destroying 33 percent of all Serbian targets in the first eight weeks, by flying nonstop to Kosovo from its home base in Missouri and back.
The United States Air Force is the only agency in the world that operates the B-2 Spirit.
The B-2 Spirit, sometimes known as the B-2 Bomber, or The Boomerang, is an American multi-role stealthbomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons.
This Spirit was photographed in 2004 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
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The design was chosen because it is the spirit of Hong Kong that drives the extraordinary success of Cathay Pacific's home, and Hong Kong's skyline represents the aspirations and achievements of its people.
The Spirit of Hong Kong 97 B-HIB is a type Boeing 747-200B and was the first commercial aeroplane landing on the new Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, it was landing on the runway 7R on May 2, 1998.
Asian Spirit is a Domestic Airline in the Philippines Flying the route Manila-Caticlan Boracay.
Stealthbombers being sent to Gulf The B2Bomber Wing began practising on Tuesday for the deployment to the British Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia and an airbase at Fairford in England, said a commander of the bomb wing.
Clouds on a B2Bomber This is a really cool description of the condensation pattern captured on an air force photograph of the B2 completing a mission over the Pacific Ocean.
Majestic Wing The B2StealthBomber is the latest technological triumph of the American Aerospace industry.
The Raptor software was used in the mid-1990s to determine the probability that the B-2A could complete a conventional and nuclear mission or sortie for any location worldwide.
The B-2A Spiritaircraft is the United States' newest installment of strategic bombers and is a key element of the world's nuclear triad deterrent.
Its distinctive profile comes from the unique "flying wing" concept with leading wing edges angled at 33 degrees and a double-W shape trailing edge.
The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions.
B-2 successfully drops improved bunker buster bomb Released: Mar 26, 1998 -- A B-2 Spiritbomber dropped two B61-11 bomb shells to test their improved ground penetration capability March 17 at the Stuart Creek Impact Area, 35 miles southeast of Fairbanks.
Last Block 20 B-2 leaves Whiteman (AFPN) 8 Jan 1999 -- The Spirit of Oklahoma B-2 stealthbomber recently left Whiteman for the Northrop Grumman modification line in Palmdale, Calif. The stealthbomber is the first Block 20 B-2 delivered and now the last one to be upgraded to Block 30.
Production plans have been drastically cut from 135 aircraft to only 20, of which the last is expected to be delivered in 1997.
The aircraft was officially named "Spirit" in February 1994; Northrop became Northrop Grumman in May 1994.
Primary maintenance responsibility for the B-2 is divided between Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker AFB, Okla. for avionics software (contractor); Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah for landing gear and trainers (contractor); and the Northrop-Grumman facility at Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale for periodic depot maintenance.
Since then quite a few flights were made, and every time this B2 model surprised me with its ease of handling, gracefull flight-appearance and full aereobatic capabilities.
The B2 in the air, in a turn.
Transmitter in one hand, B2 in the other, apply full power and throw!
Replying to: 4-engined strategic Fighter-Bombers derived from J11 and J10 -- yang
If you think the shape of the B2 is very futuristic, you're mistaken.
The manufacturer, Northrop, had been experimenting with so-called "flying wing" designs since the 1930s, mostly because the owner of the company, the legendary John Northrop, was fascinated by them.
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The B2 uses a thin piece of music wire to connect the elevons, you glue the wire to the outer elevon causing both of them to move.
The other problem is, trying to aquire the proper size of Depron, but if you cut out the B2 just right, you'll only have to (Foam CA) Gluea little piece for added length.
Even with all the wetting, the paper is still hard to pull off the boards.
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The first B-2 entered the Air Force's operational fleet at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., on Dec. 17, 1993.
On Oct. 29, 1994 the Air Force's fourth operational B-2 is named "Spirit of Washington" in Seattle, to honor the people of the state who helped make the B-2 a reality.
As of June 1996, six flight-test vehicles had logged more than 3,800 hours in more than 750 flights; approximately 60 percent of the flight test hours have been completed.
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The B-2 Spirit, or stealthbomber, was developed and built by an industry team consisting of Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Vought Aircraft Industries.
Capable of delivering nuclear and conventional munitions, the B-2's primary mission is to attack time-critical targets early in a conflict to minimize an enemy's war-making potential.