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spcombs95
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This is what I was privileged to do this past weekend ...
My brother-in-law is an Air Traffic Controller at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, home of the B-2 bomber. Quite an awesome sight up close. They give tours once a month to family members of the military, so I rode out there Friday to have a closer look.
It's as wide as a B-1 bomber, but from the side it looks really odd. More of a flying wing, because there is no fuselage to speak of. The other amazing thing is, the two engines just don't look big enough to generate the thrust necessary to lift 255,000 lbs. fully loaded of the ground!
The most interesting thing about the tour is, they let you walk around the back and look, but you cannot take photos back there. This is to protect the secrets of the Stealth technology, although upon visual inspection I sure couldn't see anything that looked top secret to me.
Anyway, it was a cool experience and I salute all the members of our armed forces, past and present, who serve to protect our great nation! Thanks for your service to our country and Godspeed!
My brother-in-law is an Air Traffic Controller at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, home of the B-2 bomber. Quite an awesome sight up close. They give tours once a month to family members of the military, so I rode out there Friday to have a closer look.
It's as wide as a B-1 bomber, but from the side it looks really odd. More of a flying wing, because there is no fuselage to speak of. The other amazing thing is, the two engines just don't look big enough to generate the thrust necessary to lift 255,000 lbs. fully loaded of the ground!
The most interesting thing about the tour is, they let you walk around the back and look, but you cannot take photos back there. This is to protect the secrets of the Stealth technology, although upon visual inspection I sure couldn't see anything that looked top secret to me.
Anyway, it was a cool experience and I salute all the members of our armed forces, past and present, who serve to protect our great nation! Thanks for your service to our country and Godspeed!
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