Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Title Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit PDF eBook
Author Bill Holder
Publisher Schiffer Pub Limited
Pages 80
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN 9780764305917

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It has been called the most amazing and unbelievable aircraft of the 20th century. One look at the bat-like lines of the USAF's stealthy B-2 Spirit bomber quickly confirms this. But that futuristic shape has lineage back to the 1940s when the Northrop Company designed and built the B-35 and B-49 models - aircraft that closely resembled this 1990s flying wing version. Granted, the B-2 development program has had to endure a rocky road, but it is now here, and even though in smaller numbers than many desired, it will still present a formidable presence in the 21st century.

The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
Title The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber PDF eBook
Author Ole Steen Hansen
Publisher Capstone
Pages 38
Release 2005-07
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780736852555

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"An in-depth look at the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, with detailed cross-section diagrams, action photos, and fascinating facts"--Provided by publisher.

Inside the Stealth Bomber

Inside the Stealth Bomber
Title Inside the Stealth Bomber PDF eBook
Author Bill Sweetman
Publisher
Pages 134
Release 1999
Genre B-2 bomber
ISBN 9781610606899

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A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
Title A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber PDF eBook
Author Jim Goodall
Publisher Schiffer Military History
Pages 0
Release 2016
Genre History
ISBN 9780764350757

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This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.

The B-2 Spirit

The B-2 Spirit
Title The B-2 Spirit PDF eBook
Author E. E. Basmadjian
Publisher The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pages 54
Release 2002-12-15
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780823938698

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Discusses the history of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and its use in the military campaigns in Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Stealth

Stealth
Title Stealth PDF eBook
Author Peter J. Westwick
Publisher
Pages 270
Release 2020
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0190677449

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The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen airplanes appeared in the skies over Baghdad. Or, rather, didn't appear. They arrived in the dark, their black outlines cloaking them from sight. More importantly, their odd, angular shapes, which made them look like flying origami, rendered them undetectable to Iraq's formidable air defenses. Stealth technology, developed during the decades before Desert Storm, had arrived. To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, this seemingly ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. At heart, Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it.

Stealth Aircraft Origami

Stealth Aircraft Origami
Title Stealth Aircraft Origami PDF eBook
Author Jayson Merrill
Publisher Courier Dover Publications
Pages 84
Release 2020-03-18
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN 0486824241

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Advanced paperfolders can get stealthy with eight finely detailed bombers and fighters. American, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese aircraft include the B-2 Spirit, Northrop Grumman's B-21, F-117 Lockheed Nighthawk, and J-20 Mighty Dragon.