The B-2 stealth bomber that "would never fly again"

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The B-2 stealth bomber that "would never fly again"

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Many will have read http://www.afgsc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123375103 ,
but now there is also
http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/02/wh ... ?hpt=hp_c3
When You’ve Only Got 20 B-2 Bombers…
...keeping all of them flying becomes important
http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/2010Conferen ... tePres.pdf
ARFF Lessons Learned
– Hidden interior fires are difficult to extinguish
– Composites smolder and reignite
– Fuselage penetration is virtually impossible with an axe and difficult with a K-12
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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