| NAME OF AIRCRAFT | DESCRIPTION |
| B2 – Spirit – Stealth Bomber | The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses. Designed during the Cold War, it is a flying wing design with a crew of two.] The bomber is subsonic and can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as up to eighty 500-pound class (230 kg) Mk 82 JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400-pound (1,100 kg) B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration. |
| NICKNAME/DESCRIPTION | NICKNAME/INFORMATION | SERIAL NUMBER | NAME OF MUSEUM | CITY | STATE |
| B2 – Spirit – Stealth Bomber | FULL SCALE TEST INFORMATION | 82-1070 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AIR FORCE | DAYTON | OHIO |
| SPECIFICATIONS | DESCRIPTION |
| STATUS | DISPLAYED |
| MANUFACTURER | Northrop Grumman Corp |
| YEAR | 17 JULY 1989 |
| MODEL | B-2 Spirit which means ghost, is the name of a multi-purpose stealth bomber made by Northrop Grumman Company |
| CREW | 2 PILOTS |
| MAX T/O WEIGHT | 336,500 pounds (152,634 kilograms) |
| SPAN | 172 feet (52.12 meters) |
| LENGTH | 69 feet (20.9 meters) |
| HEIGHT | 17 feet (5.1 meters) |
| MAXIMUM SPEED | high subsonic |
| CRUISE SPEED | 559.23 mph |
| RATE OF CLIMB | 2,060 FT/MIN |
| PAYLOAD | 40,000 pounds (18,144 kilograms) |
| POWERPLANT | four General Electric F118-GE-100 engines |
| THRUST | 17,300 pounds each engine |
| FUEL CAPACITY | 167,000 pounds (75750 kilograms) |
| RANGE | intercontinental |
| SERVICE CEILING | 50,000 feet (15,240 meters) |
| ARMAMENT | conventional or nuclear weapons |
| UNIT COST | Approximately $1.157 billion (fiscal 1998 constant dollars) |
DAYTON OHIO
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