B-2 Archives

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to recover the second B-21 Raider to arrive for test and evaluation at Edwards AFB, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. The arrival of a second test aircraft provides maintainers valuable hands-on experience with tools, data and processes that will support future operational squadrons. (U.S Air Force photo by Kyle Brasier)

Aerospace & Defense

The New Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Much Bigger Than We Ever Dreamed

The Air Force plans at least 100 against 21 B-2s built. Fuel, range and payload remain undisclosed. And, as it turns out, the B-21...

Harrison KassOctober 28, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

China’s New ‘Flying Wing’ Xi’an H-20 Stealth Bomber Is Now Frozen In a Development ‘Doom Loop’

China’s H-20 program began in 2016, yet as of 2026 there is no confirmed test flight or deployment. The United States went from the...

Caleb LarsonOctober 12, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

An Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Fired a Stealth Anti-Ship Missile at the USS Juneau, an Amphibious Ship Commissioned in 1969 and Left in Mothballs for 18 Years. It Still Took 2 Harpoons, a Japanese Torpedo, a Hellfire, and 2 More Missiles to Put Her Under.

A B-2 Spirit carried an LRASM from Whiteman to Guam and, on June 27, 2026, fired it from inside its bomb bay at USS...

Steve BalestrieriOctober 8, 2026

B-2 Spirit Bomber Destroyed Creative Commons Photo

Aerospace & Defense

Water in three sensors wrecked the B-2 Spirit of Kansas, tail 89-0127, and the US Air Force priced that Guam crash at $1,407,006,920, calling it the most expensive aircraft crash on record, after the bomber rotated too slow at Andersen on February 23, 2008

The B-2 Spirit of Kansas, 89-0127, crashed at Andersen on February 23, 2008, after three wet sensors skewed air data. It rotated near 132...

Georgia GilholySeptember 23, 2026

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, flies over the Indo-Pacific theater during a Bomber Task Force mission, Nov. 9, 2022. The U.S. Air Force is committed to upholding a rules-based, free and open Indo-Pacific that respects every nation and ensures the peaceful resolution of disputes free from coercion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Yosselin Campos)

Aerospace & Defense

Move Over, B-21 Raider Bomber: The US Air Force B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit Won’t Be Retired Afterall

The B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers are old by any standard but still some of the most powerful platforms the US Air Force...

Jack BuckbySeptember 19, 2026

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit "Stealth" bomber, 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flies over the Pacific Ocean after a recent aerial refueling mission, May 2, 2005. The Bombers are deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, as part of a rotation that has provided the U.S. Pacific Command a continous bomber presence in the Asian Pacific region since February 2004, enhancing regional security and the U.S. commitment to the Western Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) (Released)

Aerospace & Defense

The Pentagon Cut the B-2 Bomber Program From $75,400,000,000 to $61,100,000,000 and Made Every Aircraft More Expensive. Cutting the Order From 132 to 21 Nearly Quadrupled the Cost per Bomber.

What the money bought when it came to the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber: Four General Electric F118s at 17,300 pounds of thrust each, a...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 13, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Fired a Stealth Anti-Ship Missile at the USS Juneau, an Amphibious Ship Commissioned in 1969 and Left in Mothballs for 18 Years. It Still Took 2 Harpoons, a Japanese Torpedo, a Hellfire, and 2 More Missiles to Put Her Under.

LPD-10 was commissioned in 1969, brought Marines home from Vietnam, answered the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, and sailed for Desert Shield. The Navy...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 11, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force Built Only 21 B-2 Spirits and They Cost About $2,000,000,000 Each. It Wants at Least 100 B-21 Raiders at Roughly $750,000,000 Apiece.

The B-21's average procurement unit cost target was set at about $550,000,000 in 2010 dollars — roughly $750,000,000 today. The program is projected at...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 10, 2026

A B-21 Raider test aircraft lands at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during ongoing developmental flight testing, Sept. 11, 2025. The B-21 will be the backbone of the bomber fleet; it will incrementally replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers. (U.S Air Force photo by Todd Schannuth)

Aerospace & Defense

Chinese Researchers Ran the US Air Force B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Through Their Own Simulation Software Using Nothing but Public Photographs, and Say They Found Aerodynamic Flaws in It.

Researchers at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre say they have identified aerodynamic and stability weaknesses in the US Air Force's B-21 Raider...

Harrison KassSeptember 9, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Hard Truth: China Doesn’t Need the H-20 Stealth Bomber That Tries to Copy the US Air Force B-2 and B-21 Raider

The Xi'an H-20 is a subsonic flying-wing stealth bomber with an estimated unrefueled range near 10,000 kilometers and a payload around 10 tons, nuclear...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 4, 2026

19FortyFive

All posts tagged "B-2"

Aerospace & Defense

The New Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Much Bigger Than We Ever Dreamed

Aerospace & Defense

China’s New ‘Flying Wing’ Xi’an H-20 Stealth Bomber Is Now Frozen In a Development ‘Doom Loop’

Aerospace & Defense

An Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Fired a Stealth Anti-Ship Missile at the USS Juneau, an Amphibious Ship Commissioned in 1969 and Left in Mothballs for 18 Years. It Still Took 2 Harpoons, a Japanese Torpedo, a Hellfire, and 2 More Missiles to Put Her Under.

Aerospace & Defense

Water in three sensors wrecked the B-2 Spirit of Kansas, tail 89-0127, and the US Air Force priced that Guam crash at $1,407,006,920, calling it the most expensive aircraft crash on record, after the bomber rotated too slow at Andersen on February 23, 2008

Aerospace & Defense

Move Over, B-21 Raider Bomber: The US Air Force B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit Won’t Be Retired Afterall

Aerospace & Defense

The Pentagon Cut the B-2 Bomber Program From $75,400,000,000 to $61,100,000,000 and Made Every Aircraft More Expensive. Cutting the Order From 132 to 21 Nearly Quadrupled the Cost per Bomber.

Aerospace & Defense

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Fired a Stealth Anti-Ship Missile at the USS Juneau, an Amphibious Ship Commissioned in 1969 and Left in Mothballs for 18 Years. It Still Took 2 Harpoons, a Japanese Torpedo, a Hellfire, and 2 More Missiles to Put Her Under.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force Built Only 21 B-2 Spirits and They Cost About $2,000,000,000 Each. It Wants at Least 100 B-21 Raiders at Roughly $750,000,000 Apiece.

Aerospace & Defense

Chinese Researchers Ran the US Air Force B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Through Their Own Simulation Software Using Nothing but Public Photographs, and Say They Found Aerodynamic Flaws in It.

Aerospace & Defense

Hard Truth: China Doesn’t Need the H-20 Stealth Bomber That Tries to Copy the US Air Force B-2 and B-21 Raider

Trending

Recent Posts

Archives