"Inside the Stealthy B-2 Bomber" Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Feb 2016 9:54 p.m. PST |
"Air Force pilots of the 1980s-era stealthy B-2 Spirit bomber plan to upgrade and fly the aircraft on attack missions against enemy air defenses well into the 2050s, service officials said. "It is a dream to fly. It is so smooth," Maj. Kent Mickelson, director of operations for 394th combat training squadron, told Scout Warrior in an interview. In a special interview designed to offer a rare look into the technologies and elements of the B-2, Mickelson explained that the platform has held up and remained very effective – given that it was designed and built during the 80s. Alongside his current role, Mickelson is also a B-2 pilot with experience flying missions and planning stealth bomber attacks, such as the bombing missions over Libya in 2011…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
paulgenna | 12 Feb 2016 5:40 a.m. PST |
So why are we buying the new bomber? |
Only Warlock | 12 Feb 2016 8:19 a.m. PST |
Because it takes a Decade or more to design and build a next gen platform and stay ahead of adversaries. You can't buy a new platform like that without massive lead time. |
McKinstry | 12 Feb 2016 8:23 a.m. PST |
Only 20 in the inventory with an availability rate of around 50%. Given that X number need to be retained in case of full on nuclear exchange, there simply are not enough to do more than the odd bombing of third world targets with a least some potential for self-defense. |
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