There should be more operational B-21 stealth bombers than B-2 stealth bombers by 2028 or 2029. There were only 21 B-21 stealth bombers ever built and several have stopped flying and more will be ...

The Air Force plans to phase out the B-2 Spirit and replace it with the B-21 Raider. But the replacement is still some years away. The U.S. Air Force has the most formidable fleet of strategic ...

the B-2 was designed to use stealth technology to sneak across enemy lines. The B2’s stealth abilities stem from reduced acoustic, infrared, visual, and radar signals – the combination of ...

Despite such similar names, there are fundamental differences between the United States Air Force's (USAF) B-2 and forthcoming B-21 bombers. At first glance, the two bombers seem very much alike.

The B-2 Spirit fleet was grounded in December after one of the stealth bomber's crashed during routine operations. But the aircraft was cleared to fly again on Monday after a lengthy pause over ...

The most obvious difference between the two craft is their size. Northrop Grumman's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is a larger beast than its younger sibling with a wingspan of 172 feet and a maximum ...

No B-2 has ever been lost in combat.” (Emphasis added.) The aforementioned Whiteman AFB, Missouri , is the only operational base for the B-2. Plans for her replacement, the B-21 Raider, are ...

In a record achievement, a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber completed its tedious PDM (Programmed Depot Maintenance) at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, in just a little over a year ...

In December 2018, we found footage of a B-2 dropping a MOP in a video of the 393rd Bomb Squadron, one of the units that operate the Spirit stealth bomber as part of the 509th BW. In April 2023 ...