The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit was built to slip through the most sophisticated radar networks on Earth, yet for years it had a surprisingly basic weakness: water falling from the sky. The same ...
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 ...
The B‑2 Spirit can fly about 6,000 nautical miles without refueling and, with aerial tankers, has completed 44+ hour combat ...
When you think 'bomber,' what's the first plane that pops into your head? For most people, it's Northrop Grumman's B-2 Spirit, one of America's best stealth planes. That iconic flying wing shape is ...
With one of the highest operating costs of any aircraft in the USAF fleet, the B-2 is a highly effective yet expensive stealth bomber. Its estimated fuel consumption of 0.28 miles per gallon is a lot ...
The United States nuclear-capable bomber fleet saw its capabilities bolstered when a B-2 stealth aircraft—the same type used to strike Iran in June—that was significantly damaged in an incident four ...