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The
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
is an American heavy strategic
bomber
featuring low-observable
stealth technology
designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic
flying wing
with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop, later
Northrop Grumman
, and produced from 1987 to 2000. With the ability to drop both
conventional
and
thermonuclear weapons
, there are twenty
B-2
Spirits in service with the
United States Air Force
, one having been destroyed in
a 2008 crash
at Andersen Air Force Base. This
B-2
Spirit was photographed in flight at an air show at
Dyess Air Force Base
, Texas, in 2018.
Photograph credit:
Balon Greyjoy
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