A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
The history and development of Northrop's Flying Wings, from the innovative XB-35A to the B-2A Spirit.

This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields.

  • It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours.
  • Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges.
  • After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003.
  • An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
  • Features more than 500 color images.

Over the last thirty-five years, Jim Goodall has authored more than two dozen books and articles on military aircraft, naval ships, and submarines with a focus on Low Observables or, as it is known today, Stealth.

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A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
The history and development of Northrop's Flying Wings, from the innovative XB-35A to the B-2A Spirit.

This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields.

  • It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours.
  • Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges.
  • After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003.
  • An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
  • Features more than 500 color images.

Over the last thirty-five years, Jim Goodall has authored more than two dozen books and articles on military aircraft, naval ships, and submarines with a focus on Low Observables or, as it is known today, Stealth.

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A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber

A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber

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The history and development of Northrop's Flying Wings, from the innovative XB-35A to the B-2A Spirit.

This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields.

  • It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours.
  • Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges.
  • After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003.
  • An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
  • Features more than 500 color images.

Over the last thirty-five years, Jim Goodall has authored more than two dozen books and articles on military aircraft, naval ships, and submarines with a focus on Low Observables or, as it is known today, Stealth.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764350757
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 08/28/2016
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Over the last thirty-five years Jim Goodall has authored more than two dozen books and articles on military aircraft, naval ships and submarines with a focus on Low Observables, or as it is known today, Stealth.
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