While sharing the iconic “flying wing” design, the new B-21 Raider is a generational leap beyond its B-2 Spirit predecessor. -The B-2, a Cold War marvel, was a costly, specialized nuclear penetrator.

The new B-21 Raider is deliberately smaller than its B-2 predecessor, a design choice reflecting a major shift in strategic thinking. -This more compact airframe is made possible by decades of ...

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing taxi on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 15, 2024. Team Whiteman executed a mass fly-off of 12 B-2s to cap off the ...

B-2 Spirit deployed with the 509th Bomb Wing is seen here as it was about to take off from the Whiteman ... no flying weapons platform of this kind is as visible on the world stage as the B-2 Spirit.

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, takes off on its first sortie from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ( JBPH-H), Hawaii, Jan. 14, 2019. (All photos ...

The B-2 Spirit aircraft, “Spirit of Georgia,” taxis at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, July 30, 2021. In September, the bomber suffered a mishap due to its landing gear malfunctioning.

The malfunction and emergency landing happened only a month after an “elephant walk” at Whiteman AFB, where eight B-2 Spirits were lined up along the airstrip before taking off on Nov. 7.

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber rolled off the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri during an emergency landing Tuesday morning, but the extent of the damage done to the aircraft remains unclear.

A B-2 Spirit deployed with the 509th Bomb Wing out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri is seen here taxiing ... Hot Engines Make the Rear Look Like It’s Melting F-15EX Eagle II Takes Off, ...

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is set to fly over the Tournament of Roses after missing it this past year. ... The B-2 flyover will kick off the Rose Bowl football game on Jan. 1, ...

A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., opens the 108th Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, ... which crashed in bad weather just after taking off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in 2008.

Twenty-one B-2 Spirits have been produced in the last 25 years, and not one plane has ever come under enemy fire during the 14,000 sorties covering 75,000 flying hours since.