The B-2 bomber is “an excellent platform to strike an enemy’s navy before it can put out to sea,” said Lt. Col. Todd Copeland, director of operations for the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, noting the bomber’s stealth, precision, and heavy payload capability. The unit’s bombers were fresh off a practice run against US Navy ships in Hawaii, reports TSgt. Steven Wilson. The B-2s deployed from Whiteman AFB, Mo. to Andersen AFB, Guam to fill the current strategic presence rotation in the Pacific and had just completed the latest Koa Lightning training run, flying from Guam to Hawaii and back. Col. Damian McCarthy, head of Andersen’s 36th Operations Group, said that most people think of the Air Force’s “stealth bomber taking out strategic, land-based objectives, but our airmen can put ordnance over anything, including enemy naval assets when required.”
Boeing Claims Progress on T-7 and Other Challenged Programs
April 25, 2025
Boeing appears to have become to overcome the problems that led to billions in losses on fixed-price defense contracts in recent years, point the company back toward profitabily, says Boeing president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.