B-2 Bomber Crash in Guam

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[RetiredArmy]

My uncle was stationed on Guam about 15 of his 24 years in the Air Force. He loved it there.

[RetiredArmy]

Mummm, Flight of The Old Dog!!! Dale Brown book.

[afnamvet]

There was a sign off the shop area on Anderson AFB that read : Guam is good by order of the base commander. I was there in ‘67 TDY working on the BUFs.

[DoughtyOne]

Nice...

[DoughtyOne]

Is he a pilot? If so, prayers go out.

(I used to have a hospital pharmacy on Guam as one of my accounts)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[aviator]

Apparently it crashed on the runway abeam the hangar that is about three-quarters across the picture from left to right. Just a little bit up the runway from abeam the BX.

[newzjunkey]

Wake turbulence was my first thought too based on the early report, however, I recall these planes aren’t known for being exceedingly sturdy either.

[Tommyjo]

There wouldn’t be any B-52Hs at AMARC (Boneyard). Minot AFB has an attrition reserve of B-52Hs.

[Tommyjo]

Any replacement would be another strategic bomber. All strategic nuclear bombers are open to inspection under treaty. The Russians would have to inspect the airframe once declared operational in service. You can’t hide them.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They finally made them get rid of that sign. The story goes that “... by order of the base commander” part was added later but was left as is longer that many military bases would.

One interesting one that got me was in the MAC terminal. Until it’s renovation in the mid 80s, clocks showing different world times were above and behind the main counter. The clocks were on wood paneling and all of the names of the different cities just beneath them were evenly spaced except for two. Between them one could see the “ghost” of white letters that were pried off almost a decade before. The city’s name was Saigon. They could have covered it up but left it that way on purpose.

[Gondring]

Pilots on the way to a presidential run!

[Shady]

The Queen...”Just think how much healthcare one of those f’in planes would buy!”

[varyouga]

Amazing B2 fact: The B2 costs about twice its weight in gold.

[Jet Jaguar]

Raw Video: B-2 Stealth Crash in Guam

http://www.breitbart.com/voxant.php?id=1803152

[jriemer]

Unit cost: Approximately $1.2 billion

To put it another way:
Each B-2 is more valuable than the entire annual economy of Belize. Serbia would have to dedicate four years economic output to purchase one B-2.

[RFEngineer]

“It coudn’t cost that much”

Oh ye of little faith in the ability of our military procurement system to increase the cost of something simple......

[RFEngineer]

“however, I recall these planes aren’t known for being exceedingly sturdy either.”

Any aircraft that does low-level terrain following, as the B-2 does, HAS to be sturdy.

in original concept, the B-2 was strictly a high-altitude nuclear bomber. At some point it was decided that it’s operational profile should also include low-level capabilities, which did require structural strengthening.

[popdonnelly]

“The military aircraft that was reported on fire at Andersen Air Force Base”

It’ll burn real good. Hope they got the fire out quick.

[ncson]

... And worth every penny.