Staying sharp on the stick.

Although it's not easy to sleep mid-flight with so many tasks at hand, B-2 bomber crews must find a way during their ...

The B‑2 Spirit can fly about 6,000 nautical miles without refueling and, with aerial tankers, has completed 44+ hour combat ...

B-2 Spirit crews fly some of the longest missions in history, often exceeding 40 hours. In a cramped cockpit, two pilots must ...

Explore the psychological warfare waged by the B-2 Spirit, a bomber that strikes fear into adversaries without even being ...

With one of the highest operating costs of any aircraft in the USAF fleet, the B-2 is a highly effective yet expensive stealth bomber. Its estimated fuel consumption of 0.28 miles per gallon is a lot ...

Owing to its obvious lack of aerodynamics, the B-2’s flight envelope is fairly narrow—but within it, the bomber is designed to be gentle and responsive. The B-2 Spirit is one of the most ...

The small number of B-2s in the Air Force’s inventory—and the labor-intensive process of maintaining its stealth coating—put ongoing maintenance costs as high as $200,000 per flight hour. The B-2 ...

A local Missouri resident, Suhr’s journey in aviation is rich, with over 6,000 flight hours both on military and civilian aircraft. The B-2 Spirit is the mainstay of the service’s long-range ...