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$2 billion !!!!?!!!!

• bitmasher9 1y ago
  And we bought 21 of them. So $42 billion for the airplanes. This figure does not include operational costs such as training, fuel, maintenance, etc.
  • dh2022 1y ago
    Maintenance includes repainting the plane with a special radar absorbing paints every 7 years. The repaint job takes one (1!!!) year - https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2010/06/b-2_stealth_bombers_require_60.html https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2010/06/b-2_stealth_bombers...
• KyleBerezin 1y ago
  The joke is "B-2 isn't the name, it's the pricetag"
• lazide 1y ago
  And we somehow managed to crash two of them - on takeoff. Like literally, while taking off. No deaths, thankfully, except for the pilots souls. In the first case because of - wait for it - rain. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Andersen_Air_Force_Base_B-2_accident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Andersen_Air_Force_Base...] That is one expensive photo!