Perhaps less well publicized is the fact that its extraordinarily high sustainment cost is the driving factor behind its early retirement. The B-2 Spirit Bomber was intended to replace the Boeing B-52 ...
The small number of B-2s in the Air Force’s inventory—and the labor-intensive process of maintaining its stealth coating—put ...
The B-2 Spirit was an expensive aircraft to build, and repairs aren't cheap either, with the U.S. Air Force typically ...
The B-2 Spirit bomber, known more ominously as the “Stealth Bomber,” is one of the most enigmatic and expensive aircraft ever built. A symbol of both technological prowess and military dominance, the ...