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Stealth Bombers have been regular participants at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House and other airshows since 1992. They are sometimes seen in the pattern at Air Force Plant 42 and other remote locations in the Mojave Desert.
B-2A Block 30 Spirit AV-2, 82-1067 Spirit of Arizona of the 393rd Bomb Squadron was displayed at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Airshow on March 22, 1998.
B-2A Block 20 Spirit AV-15, 90-0040 Spirit of Alaska of the 393rd Bomb Squadron participated in the flying demonstrations at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House on October 3, 1998. Its construction number is 1015. It was delivered to the Air Force as a B-2A Block 10 on January 12, 1995. It was upgraded to Block 30 configuration in 1999.
Spirit of Alaska
Spirit of Alaska
Spirit of Alaska
Spirit of Alaska
B-2A Block 20 Spirit AV-19, 93-1086 Spirit of Kitty Hawk of the 393rd Bomb Squadron was spotted in the pattern at Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale on August 24, 1999. Its construction number is 1019. It was delivered to the Air Force in 1996. It was upgraded to Block 30 configuration in 2000.
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
Spirit of Kitty Hawk
B-2A Block 30 Spirit AV-13, 89-0128 Spirit of Nebraska of the 393rd Bomb Squadron participated in the flying demonstrations at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House on October 9, 1999.
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-3, 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing was displayed outdoors at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House on October 21, 2000. The lettering on the main gear doors slants in the opposite direction from its slant in 1997 and from the slant of the lettering on all other B-2As.
Spirit of New York
Spirit of New York
Stereo pair of B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-3, 82-1068 Spirit of New York. Cross your eyes until the two images line up to see the Spirit in 3-D.
A B-2A Spirit was spotted flying in formation with the Boeing NT-43A Radar Test Bed, 73-1155 at an altitude of about 7,000 feet over Death Valley on January 24, 2003. The RTB is used to make radar images of stealthy aircraft. The images are used to evaluate the effectiveness of their stealth characteristics, to reveal the rate of degradation of the radar deflecting and absorbing components as the aircraft age, and to determine the effectiveness of maintenance and repair methods. Death Valley is utilized as a natural radar test facility. It is over a mile deep and a hundred miles long, shielded from all radar transmitters, providing an environment free from radar interference.
Study in black and white.
B-2A Block 30 Spirit AV-3, 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing approaches the flightline for a pyrotechnics pass.
B-2A
pyrotechnics.
Spirit of New York flies near the rocket
test stands on Lehmann Ridge.
Spirit of New York.
For the modelers: detail of the markings on the underside of Spirit of New York .
Spirit of New York.
Northrop B-2A Spirit, 82-1068 Spirit
of New York and Boeing-Rockwell B-1B Lancer, (83 or
85?)-0068 of the 412th Test Wing.
Northrop B-2A Spirit, 82-1068 Spirit
of New York of the 412th Test Wing.
Northrop B-2A Spirit, 82-1068 Spirit
of New York taxis to its parking area as Boeing-Rockwell
B-1B Lancer, 0068 approaches for a landing on Runway 04.
Northrop-Grumman B-2A Spirit, 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing takes off from Runway 22 as MC-130E Combat Talon I, 64-0572 and C-12A Huron, 76-0158 taxi out on taxiway Bravo at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House on October 22, 2005.
Spirit of New York.
Spirit of New York.
Spirit of New York.
B-2A pyrotechnics
Spirit of New York.
Pass in review: F-22A EMD Raptor 91-4009, F-16D Block 40A Fighting Falcon 87-0392, F-16B Block 15AQ OCU Fighting Falcon 92-0455, F-117A FSD Stealth Fighter 79-10782, B-1B Lancer 85-0068, B-52H Stratofortress 60-0050, B-2A Spirit 82-1068 Spirit of New York, C-17A Globemaster III 03-3121, KC-135R Stratotanker 61-0320, MC-130E Combat Talon I 64-0572, and C-12A Huron 76-0158.
Spirit of New York.
B-1B Lancer 85-0068, B-52H Stratofortress 60-0050, and B-2A Spirit 82-1068 Spirit of New York.
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York on October 28, 2006.
Northrop-Grumman B-2A Spirit, 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base on October 29, 2006.
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing over the Mojave Desert on September 26, 2007.
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York with a General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon chase plane on September 26, 2007.
Northrop-Grumman B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-3 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing takes off during the rehearsal the day before the open house.
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York
Mass Flyby: F-22A 06-4111, F-16C 85-1547, F-16D 90-0797, and T-38A-85 70-1559, B-52H 60-0050, B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York, KC-135R 61-0320, C-130H 89-9101, and C-17A 07-7188.
B-52H 60-0050 and B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York
F-22A 06-4111, F-16C 85-1547, F-16D 90-0797, and T-38A-85 70-1559, B-52H 60-0050, B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York, KC-135R 61-0320, C-130H 89-9101, and C-17A 07-7188. The fighters are breaking to the right behind the C-17A and the B-2A is breaking to the left.
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York
B-2A 82-1068 Spirit of New York
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-3 82-1068 Spirit of New York of the 412th Test Wing based at Edwards Air Force Base flies past the crowd at the open house on October 17.
B-52H 60-0050, B-1B 85-0068, and B-2A 82-106 Spirit of New York.
B-2A 82-106 Spirit of New York.
B-2A Spirit photos from 1992 to 1997.
Link to Boeing's B-2 Spirit page.
Link to Joe Baugher's Northrop B-2A Spirit page.
Link to the Federation of American Scientists' Northrop B-2 Spirit page.
You can buy a 2019 calendar featuring my photographs of Northrop-Grumman B-2A Spirits.
A dozen photos of Northrop-Grumman B-2A Spirit:
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-2, 82-1067, Edwards Air Force Base, October 23, 1993
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-4, 82-1069, Edwards Air Force Base, October 29, 1996
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-14, 89-0129 Spirit of Georgia, Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997
B-2A Block 20 Spirit AV-18, 93-1085 Spirit of Oklahoma, Nellis Air Force Base, April 26, 1997
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-5, 82-1070 Spirit of Ohio, Edwards Air Force Base, October 18, 1997
Rockwell B-1B Lancer, 84-0049 and B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-5, 82-1070 Spirit of Ohio, Edwards Air Force Base, October 19, 1997
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, 61-0006 and B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-5, 82-1070 Spirit of Ohio, Edwards Air Force Base, October 19, 1997
B-2A Block 10 Spirit AV-5, 82-1070 Spirit of Ohio, Edwards Air Force Base, October 19, 1997
B-2A Block 20 Spirit AV-15, 90-0040 Spirit of Alaska, Edwards Air Force Base, October 3, 1998
B-2A Block 20 Spirit AV-19, 93-1086 Spirit of Kitty Hawk, Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, August 24, 1999
B-2A Spirit and Boeing NT-43A Radar Test Bed, 73-1155, Death Valley, January 24, 2003
B-2A Block 30 Spirit AV-3, 82-1068 Spirit of New York, Edwards Air Force Base, October 16 - 17, 2009
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B-2A SpiritWingspan: 172 feetLength: 69 feetWing Area: 5000 square feetMaximum Take-off Weight: 400,000 poundsMaximum Bomb Payload: 80x Mk-82 1,000-pound bombsMaximum Range: 11,500 milesPowerplant: 4x 19,000 pound st General Electric F118-GE-110 turbofans |
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