Thanks to a good friend of mine, I was informed that the USAF B2's, from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, here to support a Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force deployment, were going out on a mission and would return to Amberley around midday, so I headed out for a look. Amberley really is hit or miss. You could sit there for hours and get nothing or you could be there 5 minutes and get an air show.
Luck was on my side and I was really happy with what I captured.
It was the B'2s that I was excited to see, and they didn't disappoint.
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| BOEING C-17A GLOBEMASTER III A41-208 (MSN F-183) |
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| BEECH 300 SUPER KINA AIR 350 A32-670 (MSN FL-670) |
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| BOEING EA 18 GROWLER A46-303 (MSN AG3) |
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| BOEING EA 18 GROWLER A46-309 (MSN AG9) |
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| BOEING EA 18 GROWLER A46-312 (MSN AG12) |
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| BOEING EA 18 GROWLER A46-301 (MSN AG1) |
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| BOEING EA 18 GROWLER A46-304 (MSN AG4) |
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| BOEING 737-700 WEDGETAIL A30-001 (MSN 1245) |
The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses. Designed during the Cold War, it is a flying wing design, (which reminds me of a sting ray) with a crew of two. The bomber is subsonic and can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as up to eighty 500-pound class (230 kg) Mk 82 JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.
It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet (15,240 m), with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (11,120 km) on internal fuel and over 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 km) with one midair refueling.
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| NORTHROP GRUMMAN B2 - SPIRIT OF ARIZONA AV2-30-82-1066 |
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| NORTHROP GRUMMAN B2 - SPIRIT OF FLORIDA AV17-20-92-700 |
The Northrop B-2 Spirit Specifications
- Power plant: Four General Electric F118-GE-100 engines
- Thrust: 17,300 pounds each engine
- Wingspan: 172 feet (52.42 meters)
- Length: 69 feet (21.0 meters)
- Height: 17 feet (5.18 meters)
- Weight: 160,000 pounds (72,575 kilograms)
- Maximum takeoff weight: 336,500 pounds (152,634 kilograms)
- Fuel capacity: 167,000 pounds (75750 kilograms)
- Payload: 40,000 pounds (18,144 kilograms)
- Speed: high subsonic
- Ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,240 meters)
- Armament: conventional or nuclear weapons
- Crew: two pilots
- Unit cost: Approximately $1.157 billion
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