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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

B-2 bomber fleet not flying, but not grounded, either

The world’s most expensive airplane isn’t flying.

Since the crash of a B-2 stealth bomber at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam more than a month ago, none of the remaining 20 jets has left the ground.

Officials at Whiteman Air Force Base, near Knob Noster, Mo., insist the jets are not grounded, a status typically reserved for planes with identified defects that need fixing.

If B-2s were needed for combat, the Air Force says, they could fly immediately to any target in the world.

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