Monday, January 11, 2010

Britain's New Bomber Command: The $2bn Aircraft Aiming For World Peace

The Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. The B-2 flies combat missions across the planet from here

From The Telegraph:

The world's most expensive aircraft has a devastating new bomb that may yet end North Korea's nuclear pretensions. More to the point, they've just tossed the keys to an RAF pilot. LIVE reports from a top secret USAF base in Missouri on a very British coup.

There are two ways for a Briton to get close to the world's most expensive bomber. One involves a year of emails, faxes and phone calls involving the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department to obtain permission to visit Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are based.

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My Comment: Another interesting read on the B-2 bomber, but from a British perspective.

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