Key Points and Summary - Operation Midnight Hammer has turned the “old” B-2 Spirit into Washington’s hottest bomber again. -In a stealth strike against heavily defended Iranian nuclear sites protected ...

Today's military aircraft aren't cheap; a point noted in that the United States Air Force spent approximately $23.7 million over four years to repair and return to service a Northrop B-2 Spirit bomber ...

The small number of B-2s in the Air Force’s inventory—and the labor-intensive process of maintaining its stealth coating—put ongoing maintenance costs as high as $200,000 per flight hour. The B-2 ...