B-2 fleet in brief stand down

The U.S. Air Force stood down its B-2 bomber fleet for about a day beginning late Friday after it noticed that a piece of fire suppression equipment carried by the planes had exceeded its shelf life. The shelf life of a pyrotechnic device needed to operate the system was shortened when the system...

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