Only 19 Remain: USAF Finds Crashed $2 Billion B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Much Too Pricey To Fix

For decades, the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has long served as a key piece of the United States’ nuclear triad and is one of the few true modern penetrating bombers in existence. However, amid cost overruns and many beginning to question the need for such a large bomber fleet, only 21 jets were ever built out of a fleet that would have been 165.