Engine parts shortages could begin to ground B-2s in 2005, report says

Shortages of certain engine parts could cause B-2 bombers to begin experiencing groundings less than four years from now, according to the Defense Department's fiscal 2001 annual report on the aircraft. The B-2's analog engine controllers "are becoming obsolete due to vanishing vendor issues," the...

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