The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the most robust fleet of strategic bombers on Earth. For a generation, the U.S.

S. Air Force to reverse engineer the B-2 bomber’s Load Heat Exchanger (whatever that is). You’d think if the Air Force wanted to reverse engineer something, they’d be looking at another ...

Additionally, the bomber alerts the crew if it's producing vapor trails at all. When this happens, the pilot has to adjust their altitude to eliminate any visible sign that the B-2 is around.

On New Year’s Day 2018, as a seasoned pilot of the B-2 Spirit, Butler steered the stealth bomber over the Rose Parade–a moment he calls both a career milestone and a personal triumph.