B-2 bombers, which attacked a nuclear plant for enrichment of Ford in Iran, are equipped with microwaves, toilets and usually a refreshment cooler to facilitate the life of pilots stuck in a cockpit for a 36-hour journey from Missour to Iran and back.
The fleet of top American bombers was originally designed to attract nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union.
Inside high-tech bombers
On Friday, the aircraft took off from the Base Whiteman outside Kansas City for 18 -hour ride around the world, complemented several times in the air, said New York Post officials.
To make long trips comfortable, high-tech bombers have their cockpits equipped with a mini refrigerator and microwave to make their crew fed and alert. The B-2 spirit also has a toilet, similar to planes equipped for long distance flights.
There is also enough space for one pilot to lie down and relax while the other flies Batwing Pluch.
Background bomber B-2 Stealth
The B-2 started in 1997 and each cost more than $ 2 billion. The US Air Force has a fleet of 19, after it lost one in the 2008 crash.
According to The New York Post, a bomber, who has a range of 172 feet and a crew of two pilots, relies on automation to help finish flights with a long distant.
Seven B-2 bombers set for the “Midnight Hammer” operation flew in a complete radio silence, with their crews with two men alternating during a tense night sleeping.
The longest drill b-2
37 hours spent on the Fordow attack meant the longest B-2 bomber mission since the initial American attack on Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Fordow is the most important Iranian nuclear enrichment device. “There is no different (sic) army that could do it,” President Trump wrote on social societies and revealed an attack on Iran.
New York Post said that pilots of such aircraft are trained to endure long, exhausting flights, while the past crews bring cots aboard or even full camp pads.
The bombers of the secret were not alone
As they approached Iran, fleet of fighter aircraft and support aircraft was deployed.
“The B-2 associated with the accompanying and supportive aircraft on a comprehensive, tightly timed maneuver requiring accurate synchronization on multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace, all with minimal communication,” said Gen Daniel Caine, chairman of the common chiefs of employees, New York Post.
The 25-minute operation inside Iran began on Saturday at 18:40 ET, with the head of the B-2 bomber dropped two GBU-57 ammunition “Bunker Buster” on “the first of a few points AIM to Fordow”, Caine said.
For the first time, this meant that the US used a massive, 15-tons GBU-57 Bunker Buster Bombs in a military attack, the report said.
(Tagstotranslate) B-2 stealth bombers
