04.11.2011 - B-2 letěl na severní pól

On 27.10. made a modernized bomber B-2 Spirit an 18-hour flight from EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. to the north pole and back. The task was to test the upgraded HW and SW. Part of the exercise was the overthrow of the 4 unguided bombs BDU-38 at exactly the designated target. In-flight refueling was provided KC-135 Stratotankerem from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.




Sources:
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123278436.
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