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B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber: The Air Force’s Ultimate Weapon
19FortyFive ^
| 2/22/2021
| Peter Suciu
Posted on 02/22/2021 2:17:46 PM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink
Protecting America from its White Supremacist enemies!
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:21:54 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: Onthebrink
Nice for flyovers. There’s a reason the B-52 and B-1 are still very strategic and useful. Stealth is great but stealth in 1997 is obsolete now.
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:24:05 PM PST
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: shanover
The B-2 has issues.
Issues fixed by the B-21, which I am pretty sure I saw getting moved on the ground one day. I suppose it could have been a B-2, but it looked off.
They’re flying, anyway.
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:30:56 PM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: shanover
In high school, I had the privilege of seeing a B-52 fly over at no more than 500 feet, with the bombbay doors open.
Impressive sight for a high school kid.
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:32:51 PM PST
by
real saxophonist
(The mouse doesn't understand why the cheese is free.)
To: Onthebrink
I wonder if we will see it used on American soil in my lifetime. I’d bet on it, if I was a betting man.
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:36:20 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
To: real saxophonist
500 feet... frying chickens in the barnyard?
(PS, name the movie reference)
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:38:12 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: Onthebrink
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:40:50 PM PST
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
To: shotgun
It was pretty low. There weren't as many regulations then.
Buck
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:44:14 PM PST
by
real saxophonist
(The mouse doesn't understand why the cheese is free.)
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:45:59 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: shanover
Stealth is great but stealth in 1997 is obsolete now. True but outside of stealth, the B-2 can carry two 30,000lb GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (likely two for balance).
To: Onthebrink
I’m sure Linda Graham, Cheney, and Biden can’t wait to use it
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:51:12 PM PST
by
tennmountainman
( Liberals Are Baby Killers.)
To: tennmountainman
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:52:40 PM PST
by
sport
To: Onthebrink
IIRC, the B-2 costs a billion bucks(?)
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posted on
02/22/2021 2:56:39 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: shotgun
Dr Strangelove...
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posted on
02/22/2021 3:02:27 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
To: real saxophonist
“over at no more than 500 feet”
I was at an airshow in Wheeling W.va in 1986 and two P-51’s came in on the first pass an went over the crowd at maybe 200 feet...and that is generous.
The vibration literally knocked some people off their feet.It made my stomach upset for a 1/2 hour afterward.
I think it was goof up and they did not know where the crowd was because it did not happen again.
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posted on
02/22/2021 3:12:22 PM PST
by
setter
To: real saxophonist
“over at no more than 500 feet”
I was at an airshow in Wheeling W.va in 1986 and two P-51’s came in on the first pass an went over the crowd at maybe 200 feet...and that is generous.
The vibration literally knocked some people off their feet.It made my stomach upset for a 1/2 hour afterward.
I think it was goof up and they did not know where the crowd was because it did not happen again.
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posted on
02/22/2021 3:12:22 PM PST
by
setter
To: Rummyfan
At my office, I have a young engineer on my staff and he tracks his assigned projects on a large white board. He never gets the reference to “the big board” when I mention it. My older staff have no problem, which then leads us into other Dr. Strangelove trivia.
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posted on
02/22/2021 3:19:56 PM PST
by
shotgun
To: setter
I was stationed at Ellsworth from 80 to 82. The BUFF is a sight to see up close.
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posted on
02/22/2021 3:20:37 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
To: real saxophonist
Pretty majestic in the air but the charm quickly recedes after humping them for 8 hours on the ground with snow up to your privates.
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posted on
02/22/2021 3:24:08 PM PST
by
vigilence
(Vigilence)
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