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The U.S. Air Force quietly fixed a problem with the integration of the 30,000-pound class GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bomb onto the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber last year. As part of the integration work, the service also conducted an important test of a new "smart fuze" for the MOP to help improve the weapon's effectiveness, even when the exact depth and positioning of the buried target are not definitively known.
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Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Grows More Potent

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 6, 2025

A B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing, 13th Bomb Squadron Whiteman Air Force Base, Miss., prepares to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. during a nighttime aerial refueling mission.
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Questions Linger Over Australia’s Role In B-2 Spirit Strikes On Yemen

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 18, 2024

B-2 MOP Yemen iran
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B-2 Spirits Just Sent A Very Ominous Message To Iran

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 17, 2024

B-2 sprit taking off.
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B-2 Stealth Bomber’s Latest Upgrade Is Here

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 17, 2024

Two legendary U.S. nuclear bombers, their first flights separated by almost half a century, took to the skies over Missouri at the weekend. The formation flights by the U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and the B-29 Doc — one of only two examples of the World War II-era bomber that are flying anywhere in the world — were, the service believes, the first time that these two legendary aircraft had flown together in this way.
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B-2 Spirit Joined By B-29 Superfortress For Unprecedented Nuclear Bomber Heritage Flight

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 15, 2024

B-2/B-21 comparison
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B-21, B-2 Comparison Image Shows Just How Weird The Raider’s Windows Really Are

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 23, 2024

A B-2 Spirit taxis at Whiteman Air Force Base
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Damaged B-2 Won’t Be Repaired, Fleet To Shrink To 19 Jets (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 10, 2024

The Air Force new 5,000-pound-class GBU-72/B bunker buster bomb could be a future addition to the B-2 bomber's arsenal.
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B-2 Spirits Could Get New 5,000-Pound Bunker Busters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 7, 2024

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing taxi on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 15, 2024. Team Whiteman executed a mass fly-off of 12 B-2s to cap off the annual Spirit Vigilance exercise. Routine training ensures that Airmen are always ready to execute global strike operations… anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey Farrell)
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Majority Of The B-2 Spirit Fleet Took To The Skies In A Mass Launch

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 18, 2024

The B61-12 nuclear bomb is now officially in the U.S. stockpile and approved for employment from the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber.
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B-2 Spirit Now Operational With New B61-12 Nuclear Bombs

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 28, 2023

B-2 Spirit bomber pictured over the JPARC
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B-2 Flies Mock Strike Mission From Iceland To Alaska

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 19, 2023

B2 Miami
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B-2 Spirit Skimming The Miami Skyline Looks Menacing As Hell

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 10, 2023

B-2 Spirits Return To The Sky After Six Month Grounding
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B-2 Spirits Return To The Sky After Six Month Grounding

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 23, 2023

B-2 Stealth Bomber Spotted In Hawaii During Fleet-Wide Grounding (Updated)
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B-2 Stealth Bomber Spotted In Hawaii During Fleet-Wide Grounding (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 18, 2023

B21 Raider vs B2
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The B-21 Raider Is And Isn’t A ‘B-2 Spirit 2.0’

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 11, 2023

B-2 GPS Guided Munition
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The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023