The US Air Force B-2 Spirit requires just two pilots to operate, compared with the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and Rockwell B-1 Lancer that require a crew of four or five. The incredible computing ...

Novel capabilities ensure B-2 crews can ‘aviate, navigate, communicate, strike their targets, and get home safely’ with a bomber which ‘remains ready, effective, and survivable.’ The U.S. Air Force ...

The mission was announced by both services a week later, on Sep. 9, 2025. While in the High North, the aircraft were refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW) based ...

The “Spirit of Georgia” parks by a hangar at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Nov. 6, 2025. (Senior Airman Robert E. Hicks/U.S. Air Force) The odds were stacked against the resuscitation efforts of ...

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Since the B-2 platform is one of two American nuclear-capable bombers, the return of the Spirit of Georgia is significant. When the US Air Force B-2 “Spirit of Georgia” bomber was badly damaged in an ...