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Operational history
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Development
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Design
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Operators
509th Bomb Wing13th Bomb Squadron393rd Bomb Squadron394th Combat Training SquadronAir Combat Command
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Key facts & relationships
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- First flight
- 17 July 1989; 37 years ago (1989-07-17)
- Introduction date
- 1 January 1997
- Manufactured
- 1989–2000
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Corporation Northrop Grumman
- National origin
- United States
- Number built
- 21
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Overview
- Subsonic Subsonic aircraft
- Stealth Stealth aircraft
- Strategic bomber
- United States Air Force
- Four-engined Four-engined jet aircraft
- Flying wing
- Lambda wing
- Stealth technology
- Penetrate Penetrator (aircraft)
- Air defenses
- Northrop Northrop Corporation
- Northrop Grumman
- Boeing
- Hughes Aircraft Company
- Vought
- Conventional Conventional weapon
- Thermonuclear weapons Thermonuclear weapon
- Mk 82 Mark 82 bomb
- JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition
- GPS Global Positioning System
- Kiloton TNT equivalent
- B61 nuclear bombs B61 nuclear bomb
- Air-to-surface Air-to-surface missile
- Standoff weapons Standoff missile
- Advanced Technology Bomber B-2 Spirit
- Black project
- Carter administration Presidency of Jimmy Carter
- B-1A bomber Rockwell B-1 Lancer
- Procurement
- Megaproject
Development
- Airframe
- Radar
- Infrared scanners Infrared search and track
- Acoustic locators Acoustic location
- DARPA
- McDonnell Douglas
- Lockheed Lockheed Corporation
- Lockheed A-12
- SR-71 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
- Radar-absorbing paint Radiation-absorbent material
- F-117
- Area 51
- Fly-by-wire
- Electronic intelligence Signals intelligence
- Jimmy Carter
- 1980 U.S. presidential election 1980 United States presidential election
- Ronald Reagan
- Carter administration
- United States Department of Defense
- Aurora Aurora (aircraft)
- Rockwell Rockwell International
- Senior Peg Lockheed Senior Peg
- Hal Markarian
- High-altitude Altitude
- Research and development
- MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Classified Classified information
- Advanced Tactical Fighter
- Lockheed YF-22
- Northrop YF-23
Design
- B83 nuclear bombs B83 nuclear bomb
- AGM-129 ACM
- APQ-181 APQ-181 radar
- Synthetic aperture radar
- GAMs GBU-37
- Mark 84 bombs Mark 84 bomb
- CBU-87 Combined Effects Munitions CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
- GATOR mines GATOR mine system
- CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
- Massive Ordnance Penetrator
- Bunkers Bunker
- AGM-158 JASSM
- Long Range Standoff Weapon
- Avionics Avionics system
- Low-probability-of-intercept Low probability of intercept
- AN/APQ-181
- Terrain-following radar
- Astro-inertial navigation system
- SM-62 Snark
- EMP Electromagnetic pulse
- MIL-STD-1750A
- MIL-STD-1553
- Buses Bus (computing)
- Optical fiber
- Link-16
- Active electronically scanned array
- Thunderstorms
- Static discharge
- Lightning strikes Lightning strike
- Pitot tubes Pitot tube
Operational history
- Missouri
- Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
- Tinker Air Force Base
- Targets Bullseye (target)
- Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
- Carpet-bombing Carpet bombing
- Gulf War
- Dropped five JDAMs on the Chinese Embassy U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
- Operation Crescent Wind
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Diego Garcia
- Sorties Sortie
- Guam
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles Intercontinental ballistic missile
- Air Force Global Strike Command
- Libyan no-fly zone
- The New Yorker
- Abbottabad
- Death of Osama bin Laden Killing of Osama bin Laden
- Bunker-busting bomb Bunker buster
- RAAF Base Tindal
- ISIS Islamic State
- Sirte, Libya
- MQ-9 Reaper General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
- Hellfire missiles AGM-114 Hellfire
- Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- RAAF Base Amberley
- Yemen
- Houthis
- Red Sea crisis
Operators
- 509th Bomb Wing
- 13th Bomb Squadron
- 393rd Bomb Squadron
- 394th Combat Training Squadron
- Air Combat Command
- 53rd Wing
- 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron
- 57th Wing
- Nellis Air Force Base Nellis AFB
- Nevada
- 325th Weapons Squadron
- 715th Weapons Squadron
- Air National Guard
- 131st Bomb Wing
- 110th Bomb Squadron
- Air Force Materiel Command
- 412th Test Wing
- 419th Flight Test Squadron
- 420th Flight Test Squadron
- Air Force Systems Command
- 6510th Test Wing
Accidents and incidents
- Hull loss
- Went off the runway Runway excursion
Aircraft on display
Specifications (B-2 Block 30)
- Thrust/weight Thrust-to-weight ratio
- AGM-154
- AGM-158
- AGM-158C Long Range Anti-ship Missile (LRASM) AGM-158C LRASM
Bibliography
- ISBN ISBN (identifier)
- Air Enthusiast
- ISSN ISSN (identifier)
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Nodes294
Edges293
Triples15
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006803
Components1
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Northrop B-2 Spirit
Top relations
First flight · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → 17 July 1989; 37 years ago (1989-07-17)
Introduction date · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → 1 January 1997
Manufactured · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → 1989–2000
Manufacturer · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → Northrop Corporation Northrop Grumman
National origin · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → United States
Number built · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → 21
Primary user · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → United States Air Force
Status · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → In service
Successors · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
Type · 1
Northrop B-2 Spirit → Stealth strategic heavy bomber
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Important terminology
b-2 aircraft stealth air northrop force b-2s radar bomber usaf development flight would base first b-2's isbn lockheed cost program
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Northrop B-2 Spirit | First flight | 17 July 1989; 37 years ago (1989-07-17) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Introduction date | 1 January 1997 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Manufactured | 1989–2000 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Manufacturer | Northrop Corporation Northrop Grumman | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | National origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Number built | 21 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Primary user | United States Air Force | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Status | In service | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Successors | Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | Type | Stealth strategic heavy bomber | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northrop B-2 Spirit | is a | American nuclear-capable subsonic stealth strategic bomber | 0.90 | text |
| the aircraft's air speed | instance of | The flight computer receives information on external conditions | 0.80 | text |
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