...B2 kaputt

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B-2 stealth bomber crashes in Guam; pilots eject safely
Associated Press
HAGATNA, Guam — A B-2 stealth bomber crashed at an air base on Guam but both pilots ejected safely and were in good condition, the Air Force said.
Thick black smoke could be seen billowing from the wreckage at Andersen Air Force Base, said Geanne Ward, a resident in the northern village of Yigo who was on the base visiting her husband.
Ward said she didn’t witness the crash but noticed a rising plume of smoke behind the base’s air control tower.
She said crowds began to gather as emergency vehicles arrived Saturday morning local time.

“Everybody was on their cell phones, and the first thing everyone wanted to know was did the pilots make it out in time,” she said.

A board of officers will investigate the accident.

Each B-2 bomber costs about $1.2 billion to build. All 21 stealth bombers are based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri but the Air Force has been rotating several of them through Guam since 2004, along with B-1 and B-52 bombers.

The rotations are designed to boost the U.S. security presence in the Asia-Pacific region while other U.S. forces diverted to fight in the Middle East.

The accident occurred 11 days after a Navy plane crashed into the ocean about 20 miles northeast of Guam’s Ritidian Point. Four aircrew members ejected from the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft and were rescued by helicopter.

Guam is a U.S. territory 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.



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[Lorenzo]

Una perdita consistente, dato il costo ed il limitato numero di questi velivoli, che, ad oggi rimangono i più costosi mai costruiti.



Miles Insulae

[Tatteo (POL)]

spero non fosse in pattugliamento strategico...

[Ibonz]

ouch!

[RUS]

quanto costa il bombardiere?

[Tatteo (POL)]

1.2 miliardi di dollari, come scritto nell'articolo.

[Supermario]

spero non fosse in pattugliamento strategico...

A parte l' "incidente" di qualche mese fa, sono anni che i bombardieri del SAC non fanno più pattugliamento strategico armato.

[Tatteo (POL)]

ah.

Lo SAC è stato chiuso nel 1992, ma non sapevo che i pattugliamenti fossero stati totalmente interrotti.

Quindi, attualmente, solo la Russia ha bombardieri strategici in pattugliamento attivo?

[WillyI]

c'è un 3d aperto nella sezione apposita "aerei militari".

[Lorenzo]

1.2 miliardi di dollari, come scritto nell'articolo.

Questo è il costo unitario di acquisizione delle macchine, un ora di volo ha un costo astronomico, anche per via della necissità di cambiare rivestimento all'areo stesso.

Miles Insulae