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Channel: Fluss He · 2014 · News & Politics

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The most intimidating aircraft in the world is 25 years old this week and is about to become even more advanced.
The nation’s fleet of B-2 stealth bombers, the pride of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, is poised to get nearly $10 billion in upgrades over the next several years to ensure it remains the most fearsome attack platform in the U.S arsenal.
The bat-winged aircraft first took to the sky on July 17, 1989. Its maker, Northrop Grumman Corp., is throwing a party for it on Thursday in Palmdale, Calif.
At Whiteman, about 70 miles southeast of Kansas City, the pilots and the people who maintain the B-2 are looking forward to upgrades to the aircraft’s communications, avionics and other systems— even as the Air Force contemplates buying a whole new next-generation bomber.
If a newer, faster and possibly pilotless bomber comes into service in the mid-2020s, experts say the B-2 still will play a vital role in the nation’s defense. In fact, the Air Force plans to keep it in service at least until 2058.
That is good news for west-central Missouri. The Air Force reports that Whiteman, which employs more than 7,600 people, had an economic impact on the region of more than $650 million in 2013.
“I think the aircraft should be able to fly until 2058,” said retired Col. Mel Deaile, who piloted the B-2 in combat missions over Afghanistan. “Its role will have to evolve, as well as the munitions it delivers will have to evolve, as threats evolve.”
The current fleet of 20 B-2s has received incremental upgrades over the years. But Northrop last month was awarded a Defense Department contract capped at $9.9 billion for even more improvements. It is a flexible order, but it apparently will include a new receiver designed to withstand the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear detonation, according to DoDBuzz.com, a defense and acquisition journal.
Whiteman invites the public on base about once a month. On Friday, the B-2 Spirit of Hawaii looked a bit over-exposed in the bright sun as school groups and others got a chance to get fairly close to a plane that is usually cloaked in secrecy.
Three B-2 pilots gave The Star a glimpse of what it is like to fly the most specialized aircraft ever built.
“It’s pretty easy, actually,” said Ian Hart, a flight lieutenant with Britain’s Royal Air Force in an exchange program at Whiteman. “It’s designed with a good autopilot, so it can help you out. You’re talking about being able to go anywhere in the world, and that takes a long time. … So it’s got to be designed around being relatively easy to fly.”
Midair refueling by connecting to another aircraft, however, is tricky.
“You wouldn’t want to ever do any damage, so you have to be very careful,” Hart said.
Flying the B-2 is expensive, so air time for the pilots is limited. When they do exercise, they might stay over the Midwest or head to the western United States.
“It’s very common for the average pilot to fly two or three times a month in that aircraft,” said Maj. Matt Bruckner. “That is augmented with our simulator training, as well.”
Pilots also keep their skills sharp by flying a T-38 supersonic trainer.
“Stick and rudder skills, we call them,” said Maj. James Ashlock. “There’s no autopilot. The T-38 was built in the ’60s.”
There are several women B-2 pilots, one of whom is currently a squadron commander at Whiteman.
Unlike fighter jets, there is room in a B-2 cockpit, barely, for a 6-foot pilot to stand up. There are two pilots on each mission so they can alternate napping on long hauls. There is a commode with a curtain for privacy.
“It’s kind of like you’re in a minivan and the seats behind the driver and the passenger are not there,” said Bruckner.

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