The B-52 Vs. The B-2 Spirit: Which Bomber Actually Carries More Ordnance?
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Why The B-21 Raider Can Park Outside Overnight – Something The B-2 Spirit Could Never Do
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Why The Air Force Is Sending F-15EXs To Seymour Johnson & Strike Eagles To A B-2 Stealth Base
The F-15EX is becoming an increasingly important part of the Air Force's future force structure and is considered complementary to the B-21 bomber.
Why The B-2 Stays Home While The B-1B Deploys To England
The B-2's stealth gives it exceptional striking capabilities, but that advantage comes with significant basing and maintenance requirements.
Chinese national jailed for filming B-2 base under 1950 Truman order
A Chinese national has been sentenced to six months in federal custody for photographing Whiteman Air Force Base,…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau19 Aug
Why The USAF Almost Never Launches The B-1B, B-2, & B-52 Together From One Base
Why the USAF rarely launches the B-1B, B-2 and B-52 together—and why Guam's Andersen AFB is uniquely equipped to make it possible.
Chinese National Sentenced to Six Months After Unlawfully Photographing Whiteman AFB
Authorities said Wu’s repeated photography of Whiteman AFB’s infrastructure, including after a warning, distinguished the case from ordinary aircraft photography. Qilin Wu, the Chinese national who in January was charged with unlawfully photographing Whiteman AFB, Missouri, home to the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit bombers, was sentenced to six months in federal custody by U.S. […]
The Aviationist•Parth Satam15 Aug
The B-21 Raider's Split Control Surfaces May Solve A Stealth Problem That Haunted The B-2
The B-21 is coming with a comprehensive range of stealthy upgrades, and its control surfaces may be another part of those improvements.
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Truman-Era Legal Statute Used to Convict Chinese National Photographing B-2 Bomber Base
Aviation News – A federal court sentenced Qilin Wu, a Chinese national, to six months in federal custody for repeatedly photographing sensitive installations at Whiteman...
How The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit's Cockpit Layout Prioritizes Long-Duration Mission Endurance
A closer look at the ergonomics of the world's first fifth-generation bomber.
Why The US Air Force Is Quietly Giving 19 B-2 Stealth Bombers A New Role In The Pacific
While the USAF waits for the B-21 to arrive in numbers, the B-2 will be an important component for deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
The US Air Force Just Asked For $1.7 Billion To Keep The B-1 & B-2 Flying Because The B-21 Raider Won't Arrive Fast Enough
While the US Air Force waits for its new B-21 bomber, it will rely on legacy platforms for deterrence and precision strike missions.
Inside The B-2 Spirit Bomber’s Secret Crew Rest Areas
Why the B-2's rest areas are functional, not comfortable and the tales of a "mini-fridge" are overblown.
B-2 Spirit sinks warship with anti-ship missile for first time
Exercise marked the first operational use of the AGM-158C LRASM by the stealth bomber
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier1 Jul
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Employs AGM-158C LRASM in SINKEX
The U.S. Air Force revealed for the first time that the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber can employ the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, after the weapon was featured in a recent Sinking Exercise. The U.S. Air Force’s Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) command announced that the B-2A Spirit recently took part in a live-fire Sinking Exercise (SINKEX). What distinguishes this […]
The Aviationist•Stefano D'Urso30 Jun
US deploys B-2 stealth bombers to Australia for Exercise Diamond Storm training
The United States Air Force (USAF) has deployed B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Australia to train alongside Royal…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim26 Jun
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Takes Part in RAAF’s Exercise Diamond Storm
A U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bomber was integrated in Exercise Diamond Storm, part of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Air Warfare Instructor Course. A U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bomber recently took part in a Bomber Task Force mission at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Queensland, Australia. The aircraft, Spirit of […]
The Aviationist•Stefano D'Urso26 Jun
6 Things The B-21 Raider Can Do That The B-2 Spirit Never Could
The B-21 is designed to be a hyper-networked system-of-systems bomber and part of a larger kill chain while the B-2 was more of an isolated bomber.
Why The B-21 Raider Can Park Outside Overnight – Something The B-2 Spirit Could Never Do
A generational leap in stealth tech.
The Top 5 Highest Paid Air Force Crew Roles In The US Military In 2026
From Air Force One to the B-2 Spirit, discover the highest-paid USAF aircrew roles and the compensation behind them.
How The B-21 Raider Compares To The B-2 Spirit, B-52 & B-1B – And Why It Wins Every Category
How the B-21 Raider compares with the B-52, B-1B, and B-2—and why it will shape the USAF's future bomber force.