SB-2 Blocked by Federal Judge
Mike Grant, Dublin
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On February 23, 2008 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, two pilots from the 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base were on board the B-2 Spirit of Kansas (89-0127) and were forced to eject.
The "B-2" in B-2 Spirit is not shorthand for "Budget Buster," but the original stealth bomber is indeed the most expensive airplane ever built. Just how expensive? $2.13 Billon per plane.
With just twenty operation B-2 stealth bombers, the United States Air Force certainly can't afford to have any sidelined, and losing another in a crash would be in a word: devastating.
The B-2 has a crew of two pilots, a pilot in the left seat and a mission commander in the right, compared to the B-1B Lancer’s crew of four and the B-52 Stratofortress‘ crew of five.