“But when you start bringing in a 4- or 8-ship and you’re in the 400+ number … how do I pick 400 points over the space that I want to drop on?” The B-2 Spirit of South Carolina flies during a training mission over Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. Nick “Wolf” Anderson on the Fighter Pilot Podcast. “It’s somewhat easy to allocate 12 bombs and go ‘what are my 12 highest priorities,’” when working with smaller aircraft like fighters, said B-2 pilot Maj.
That opens up a lot of possibilities for war planners, but sorting them out can be a headache. Precision-guided munitions allow a bomber to fly to a single point and release several weapons which then shoot off in different directions to hit their targets. Those bombs could be 500-pound unguided ‘dumb bombs’ or precision-guided munitions, long-range cruise missiles, nuclear bombs and much more. The B-2 can take off from its home in the middle of the country at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, take on fuel from airborne tankers while crossing oceans, then slip past enemy radar to drop up to nearly 60,000 pounds of bombs on the most critical targets. Air Force)Īll that maintenance is worth it though, because the B-2 is one of the most fearsome arrows in America’s quiver, and stealth is the reason why it’s so scary.
Senior Airman Quentin Hoffman, 131st Maintenance Squadron low observable production controller, inspects the surface of a B-2 Spirit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb.
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