Weak springs in a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber led to the collapse of its left landing gear and a skid off the runway as it was touching down at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, in September, an ...

Old springs led to the collapse of the left main landing gear that resulted in 10M USD damage to a B-2A Spirit stealth bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base last year. On Sept. 14, 2021, at 00:19 LT ...

The Spirit of Georgia B-2 bomber after coming to a stop in a grassy area east of the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 14, 2021. A mechanical failure caused the left landing gear ...

Aged landing-gear springs caused a B-2A stealth bomber to skid off the runway during a midnight landing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, on Sept. 14, causing at least $10.1 ...

On September 14, 2021 the left main landing gear collapsed on a B-2 bomber while it was landing, causing it to skid off the runway and rack up an estimated repair cost of over $10 million.

B-2 Stealth Bomber Catches Fire After Emergency Landing Airmen from the 509th Bomb Wing participate in a B-2 Spirit elephant walk, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Nov. 7, 2022.

News Military Branches Air Force B-2 Spirit makes emergency landing, catches fire, following malfunction No one was injured in the incident. Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 10, 2022 8:39 PM EST ...

The B-2 Spirit bomber fleet on a safety stand down following the incident on Dec. 10, 2022. The B-2A Spirit bombers of the 509th Bomb Wing will remain grounded at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri ...

This marks the second rough landing in two years for the B-2. In 2021, another of the type experienced landing gear failure while landing at Whiteman and skidded off the runway. Before the latest ...

The U.S. Air Force has launched a probe after a B-2 bomber made a hard landing at an airbase in Missouri and caught fire over the weekend.

The two-pilot B-2 ― the U.S. military’s most capable nuclear bomber ― has been in service since 1993. Each airframe cost $1.2 billion to buy at the time.