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B-2 crews prepare for mission
A B-2 Spirit returns to Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., March 20, 2011, after a mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Holston)
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Photo essay: Crews prepare B-2 Spirits for Operation Odyssey Dawn

Posted 3/24/2011 Email story   Print story

    


by Senior Airman Kenny Holston
509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs


3/24/2011 - WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AFNS)  -- Maintainers and crew chiefs from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here prepare B-2 Spirits March 19 for Operation Odyssey Dawn.

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3/27/2011 6:34:55 PM ET
These same B-2 were doing the same thing back in Bosnia...they pay for themselves everyday. When your family pulls their sheets up and night and sleeps with the blanket of freedom they provide.
Sean, Hurlburt
 
3/27/2011 4:06:00 AM ET
Dave this is far from the first time the B2 has been utilized so i do not see where you are getting FINALLY from. Either way it is good to see it utilized once in a while I'm glad we have it in our arsenal.
Chris, TX
 
3/27/2011 1:53:27 AM ET
The B-2 was designed as a Cold War first strike weapon. Be thankful that we are no longer in the position to need it for that mission but that we are prepared should such a threat arise in the future. Were missile drills not real world enough? Just because we never used them for their original purpose doesn't mean we aren't justified in having them and maintaining them.
Alan , Galveston TX
 
3/25/2011 2:25:37 PM ET
The billions that you speak of for the B-2 give our Nation peace of mind regardless in a time of war or not.
B_S, FBNC
 
3/25/2011 7:19:51 AM ET
Good Job. Glad to see the B-2 FINALLY is doing something to justify the billions it has cost us to buy it. I commend the men and women that support this aircraft day to day, and I am glad they are glad to be actually doing real world stuff rather than just fllying to Guam all the time.
Dave C, PA
 
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