USAF To Divest Damaged B-2 Spirit

U.S. Air Force B-2

U.S. Air Force B-2 lands in Norway in August 2023.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force will not repair and instead will divest one B-2 Spirit stealth bomber that was damaged in a ground accident, shrinking an already small fleet. The divestment was detailed in April for the first time in a Pentagon force structure change report; it was not included in the service’s...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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