[güttsfükk]

How many UFO sightings do you think were people confusing these for a UFO?

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (also known as the Stealth Bomber) is a multirole heavy bomber with "low observable" stealth technology capable of penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses to deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons. Because of its considerable capital and operations costs, the project was controversial in Congress and among Pentagon brass during its development and placement into service. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the United States scaled back initial plans to purchase 132 of the bombers. By the mid 1990s, Congress made appropriations to purchase a total fleet of just 21 of the bombers.

The cost of each air vehicle averaged US$737 million per plane in 1997 dollars. Total procurement costs averaged US$929 million per plane, which includes spare parts, equipment, retrofitting, and software support. The total program cost, which includes development, engineering, and testing, averaged US$2.1 billion per aircraft in 1997 dollars.

Twenty B-2s are operated by the United States Air Force. Though originally designed in the 1980s for Cold War operations scenarios, B-2s have been used in combat to drop bombs on Kosovo in the late 1990s, and see continued use during the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. One aircraft was lost when it crashed on takeoff in 2008.

The crew of two aboard the bomber can drop up to eighty 500 lb (230 kg) class JDAM "smart" bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs in a single pass through extremely dense anti-aircraft defenses. It has been the subject of espionage and counter-espionage activity. The bomber has been a prominent public spectacle at air shows since the 1990s.

[JLO]

That is so fucking sweet!

[chris]

damn, that thing can drop a few bombs huh lol..

[firedog25]

I can't wait until the F-35 Lightning II is in operation, soooooooooo many UFO reports are going to stem from that thing. That's the replacement for the Harrier FYI, STOVL aircraft (Short Take Off Vertical Landing). I see them replacing the F-16 eventually as the aircraft of choice for the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels.

Do a search on You Tube for B-2 crash, there's publicly available footage of the crash at Anderson AFB in 2008. You can totally see the "OH SHIT!" moment just before the pilots punched out.

[güttsfükk]

Originally Posted by firedog25 ↗

Do a search on You Tube for B-2 crash, there's publicly available footage of the crash at Anderson AFB in 2008. You can totally see the "OH SHIT!" moment just before the pilots punched out.

I've posted that video along with some photographs, it was reported as the most expensive accident in US military history to date.
http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...-2008-a-14571/, the unmanned plane set to replace the B-2 stealth bomber looks pretty crazy

[fredy]

amazing capable bomber to this day and the pentagon wants to replace it lol

[Arkoquisa]

always loved this bird, I HOPE i get to become an Airforce officer, i will find out in May. Although im trying to get into OSI and intelligence and not flying, but still, just the thought of flying this thing gives me a hard on, badass post