A recent post from my AVIATION collection.
Originally shared by Pete Panozzo
The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two.[1][4] The bomber can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as eighty 500 lb (230 kg)-class (Mk 82) JDAM Global Positioning System-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.
B-2 first flight
Date 6 September 2007
Source www.af.mil
Author USAF
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/B-2_first_flight_071201-F-9999J-034.jpg
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