Whiteman Air Force Baseannounced the accident involving one of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers stationed there ina press release. They said that the stealth bomber experienced "an in-flight malfunction during routine operations and was damaged on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base after it suc...
Prior to this development, B-2s had to return to Whiteman AFB after missions, for maintenance of the aircraft’s stealth features. The B-2 was thus deployed for the first time during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March / April 2003. In March 2005, a B-2 squadron was deployed for the firs...