{"id":143069,"date":"2024-10-23T20:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/b-2s-return-to-service-3-months-ahead-of-schedule-new-inspection\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:11:32","slug":"usaf-b-2s-return-to-service-3-months-ahead-of-schedule-with-new-inspection-process-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=143069","title":{"rendered":"USAF B-2s Return To Service 3 Months Ahead Of Schedule With New Inspection Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"306101\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/united-states-air-force\/\"  >United States Air Force<\/a><\/span> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/483548\/b-2-bomber-undergoes-key-maintenance-overhaul-record-time\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" >reported<\/a> that the &#8220;Spirit of Nebraska&#8221; &#8211; a             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"540004\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/b-2-spirit-bomber\/\"  >B-2 Spirit<\/a><\/span> stealth strategic             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"60377\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/bomber\/\"  >bomber<\/a><\/span> has been returned to operations 91 days ahead of schedule. This was after the bomber completed its programmed depot maintenance. Separately, the Air Force recently announced the         <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2034181\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/us-b-2-bombers-strike-houthi-targets-yemen\/\" >B-2 bombers were used in conflict for the first time in seven years to bomb underground Houthi targets in Yemen<\/a><\/span> (in a move widely seen as a warning to Iran). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improvements in maintenance have led the Spirit of Nebraska B-2 stealth bomber to be turned to service two months early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,7038,412,423,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-b-2-spirit-bomber","category-military","category-united-states","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143070,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143069\/revisions\/143070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}