$1.2 Billion B-2 Stealth Bomber Crashes: Pilots are Safe

A $1.2 billion B-2 stealth bomber crashed at Anderson Air Force Base on Guam yesterday. The crew ejected before the bomber hit the ground; that's the one positive development out of this story.

I wonder how much of the price tag goes into engines and hydraulics, to make sure that this kind of thing doesn't happen to these overpriced aircraft.

I think that the Air Force needs to re-evaluate where it spends it's money. It's crying about needing to replace all of it's F-15s and F-16s and A-10s, all of it's tankers and many of it's cargo aircraft. Do they really need to sink $1.2 billion into a single copy of this bomber? I hope they're not planning on building a replacement.

This is the first B-2 that's been lost. It probably won't be the last; they aren't getting any younger. There are still twenty B-2s left in the Air Force inventory.

I think they should take the replacement cost and build a squadron of F-22s, so that they can start replacing the aging F-15s and F-16s.