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2022-12-20 Science & Technology

Air Force grounds B-2 stealth bomber fleet after aircraft catches fire during emergency landing

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-20 00:14|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 ...and the F35s have collapsing nose gear.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-20 09:29|| 2022-12-20 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Stuff happens when contracts are based on politics rather than merits… which is to say stuff always happens.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-12-20 10:49|| 2022-12-20 10:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Mechanisms break. MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) NASA called it.

Posted by magpie 2022-12-20 11:28|| 2022-12-20 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Mission accomplished!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-12-20 11:44|| 2022-12-20 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Brakes....maybe.

Posted by crazyhorse 2022-12-20 12:51|| 2022-12-20 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Since it is blocking the one and only runway, they were all grounded without formal notice

Posted by Jise Elmeang4932 2022-12-20 13:05|| 2022-12-20 13:05|| Front Page Top

#7 According to Ben Rich's "Skunk Works" (he was the boss during the development of stealth) they (Lockheed) bid on the steath bomber project with a smaller, cheaper version (like the B21) because Northrop's B2 was (a) gonna cost too much (b) making each bomber too valuable and (c) was being built to keep Northrup alive.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-12-20 18:59|| 2022-12-20 18:59|| Front Page Top

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