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The long-range bomber, expected to be involved in any ... Fairford is now capable of housing the B-2 Stealth bombers since undergoing a £100m refurbishment in 2002, the largest single NATO ...

Dec. 26, 2024, was a huge day for the global airpower, military technology, and strategy communities. The emergence of not one, but two Chinese advanced tailless tactical combat aircraft sent ...

On Jan. 8, Ukrainian drones flew at least 400 miles to strike near the Russian air force’s Engels bomber base in the city of Saratov in southern Russia. The blasts triggered a blaze at a ...

The US is 'accelerating tests' and development of its B-21 Raider, a stealth bomber ... Strike Command's bomber fleet and will incrementally replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit.

Coupled with this level of stealth, the bomber’s armament capacity gives the Spirit its legendary status. The B-2 can carry up to 40,000 pounds of weaponry within two separate weapons bays ...

Only one country has ever developed and fielded a stealth bomber: the United States and its B-2 Spirit. And when the B-2 was first delivered, in 1993, the aircraft was a legitimate game changer.

The B-2 Spirit is one of the U.S.' most iconic aircraft, thanks to its wing-shaped design. It's the world's first stealth bomber, making it capable of flying into heavily air-defended enemy ...

When President Dwight Eisenhower left office, he warned against letting a "military-industrial complex" dominate the nation's economy. It was almost 30 years before the sledgehammers flew, the ...