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Home Of USAF B-2 Spirit Bombers: 5 Fast Facts On Whiteman Air Force Base

Whiteman AFB is currently unique for being exclusively home to all of the world’s stealth strategic bombing capabilities.

The USAF Rockwell B-1 bomber will be replaced by the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider.

These bases train and deploy personnel at designated mission sites.

The type entered service in 1997.

The F-35 and B-21 are two examples of clean-sheet advanced combat aircraft whose design dates from the post-Iron Curtain era.

Guam’s Andersen AFB is one of the most strategically located bases the US possesses outside of the Mainland.

Guam’s Andersen AFB is one of the most strategically located bases the US possesses outside of the Mainland.

Over 100 A-10s have been lost to accidents over the years while the ‘bathtub’ has protected the pilot in battle.

Only the US, Russia, and China still operate these aircraft.

The B-21 Raider’s per-unit cost appears to be around a third of that of the B-2 Spirit bomber.