The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit was built to slip through the most sophisticated radar networks on Earth, yet for years it ...

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, in 2022 when its left landing gear collapsed, driving its wingtip against the ground and sparking a fire and two explosions.

Perhaps less well publicized is the fact that its extraordinarily high sustainment cost is the driving factor behind its early retirement. The B-2 Spirit Bomber was intended to replace the Boeing B-52 ...

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 ...

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