There are only 20 B-2 bombers in the Air Force's fleet, Each B-2 bomber costs approximately $1.157 billion, according to an Air Force fact sheet.
The B-2 is the only bomber in the U.S. inventory able to penetrate enemy territory to drop nuclear bombs, and still survive. Only 21 were produced, and all 20 operational jets are based at The following represents an overview of the modern aerial fighting capabilities of the United States Air Force (2024). The service currently counts 5,209 total units in its active aircraft inventory. The WDMMA review takes into account specific categories of aircraft covering attack, logistics, special-mission, and general support types. The Air Force repeatedly has said that, in the 2030s, it will retire its 61 1980s-vintage B-1 bombers and, a few years later, also will retire all 20 '90s-vintage B-2 stealth bombers. The B-2 Spirit is an iconic aircraft because it can penetrate and strike with precision and surprise, and its return is only matched by the B-21 Raider coming online. The B-2 Spirit is both an aircraft that pioneered modern military aviation and a stealth bomber that has persevered. Recently, at Whiteman Air Force Base, the latest B-2 Spirit
According to the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Allied bombers between 1939 and 1945 dropped 1,415,745 tons of bombs over Germany (51.1% of the total bomb tonnage dropped by Allied bombers in the European campaign), 570,730 tons over France (20.6%), 379,565 tons over Italy (13.7%), 185,625 tons over Austria, Hungary and the Balkans (6.
­The B-2 bomber, commonly known as the stealth bomber, was an ambitious project, to say the least. In the 1970s, the U.S. military wanted a replacement for the aging B-52 bomber. They needed a plane that could carry nuclear bombs across the globe, to the Soviet Union, in only a few hours. And they wanted it to be nearly invisible to enemy sensors. nC7p3.
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