New Zealand Family Reacts to Why NO Nation Wants to Fight The B-2 Spirit Bomber. IS THAT A UFO?!
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You need to look at the most beautiful plane ever built. The SR-71 blackbird
Other planes: "Sir, they have missile lock! Deploying countermeasures!"
SR-71: "Sir, they have missile lock."
"Oh no! Anyway......."
Personally I think the F-22 is the best looking
I totally agree, and the story on how it was built, how we got the materials to build it is mind blowing. Definitely needs looked into
Love the Blackbird but I think the XB70 Valkyrie was a bad ass sexy SOB and looks like a Flying Cobra with those Conrad’s just aft of the cockpit and had a Six pack and 3.2 Mach if memory serves me right .
The f-35 lightning II
The blue angel
And just think, the B-2 was first introduced to the military about a quarter century ago in 1997 and was designed and developed even earlier than that. We almost certainly have even more advanced technology now.
In fact, a bunch of the US Air Force’s fleet is 70s tech
@@michaelschemlab Yep and still more advanced than anyone else.
Truth.
@@michaelschemlab did someone say BRRRRRRT ?
I think it was first revealed in 1988. They started developing it in the '70s. It was delayed (like every big military project it seems) so the B-1 having already been canceled in 1972 was given a second chance at life to fill a specific role until the B-2 was ready.
I highly recommend checking out the SR 71 Blackbird. One of the most amazing planes ever built.
Can't leave out the LA Speed story!
@@davecampbell4312 omg yes 🤣🤣🤣 now im going to listen to that again
There will never be another group like Kelly Johnson and his team at Skunkworks. In my opinion, the SR-71 was such an incredibly advanced design that it's thoroughly impressive even by today's s standards. It truly is (not was) an awe inspiring aircraft.
The Fat Electrician made a very good video about it.
THE most amazing plane ever built. And I’d dare to say maybe the greatest manned vehicle of ANY kind ever built, only rivaled by the Saturn V rocket.
The bomb that went underground is similar to what they refer to as a “bunker buster”. It’s designed to penetrate the target, such as a bunker, to weaken it’s integrity then explode…effectively causing more damage.
Speaking of bunker busters, when there is danger in the US, we have Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado. They are under a literal mountain with nuclear bomb rated blast doors. That's where they took Bush on 9/11. We can debate on politics, but they go to 11.
@@dynamodan8216 Actually they took Bush to an underground bunker at Barksdale AFB at Bossier City, Louisiana. The entrance looks kinda like a concrete outhouse but bigger. That's where he first addressed the nation...
I worked in one of the bombed out bunkers in Iraq. They patched the hole the bomb made at the roof of the pyramid shaped bunker and they filled in the crater in center of the floor. The walls had massive chips where the explosion and shrapnel gouged out pieces bigger than manhole covers and two feet thick.
Yeah we dropped bunch of em on Afghanistan
@@george217 I thought he addressed the nation from Offutt?
I am a former United States Marine and saw the B2 bombers in action for the first time an operation desert storm against Iraq and they are awesome. They are so precise they can drop bombs down chimneys and smokestacks
Its the bombs that are precise. They'd have hit the same regardless of what dropped them.
@@joshschneider9766 It does look better coming out the b2 though
The B-2 wasn’t operational during Desert Storm
I know it wasn’t I wasn’t talking about during desert storm it was after I got out, it was in an airport and a local airshow
But thanks for the correction. Lol
Whats crazy is this is just the things the department of defense will let the public know. Imagine the stuff thats top secret and highly confidential.
You’ll be surprised. The F-35 will be the last jet ever designed. I work for Lockheed Martin and the skunk works design team is amazing.
@@mrflyazz9605 I predict are fighter jets aren't even going to be manned from the cockpits in the years to come are aerial artillary capabilities will break into a new threshhold
They already are starting to animate the cockpits of certain aircraft. Check out Sikorsky’s SARA copter which flys by wire. Drones are the next big wave of flight, but, our government has better ways to fight if it came to that.
I believe the next level is mass area multi targeting and attack. Imagine knowing where all the enemy heavy equipment is in a 500 mile square area and instantly assign weapon systems to attack the enemy.
@@orlock20net centric warfare.
Always fun to watch Sam geek out on military toys. 😁
Back when I was in college, in Denton Texas ~'99. I was finishing up a round of golf and putting on the 18 hole. It was a cloudless, hot summer day and as I lined up to putt, the green went dark. A B-2 flew over us at about 3000 feet on its way to an airshow at alliance airport. What was most shocking, was that it snuck up on us like it did. Once it got dark and we looked up to see what was going on, it still took a few seconds for the sound to hit us. That thing is going sub sonic at low altitudes and you don't know about it until it has passed you. It is really loud once the sound does reach you though.
That's the way it is when they come over my house all the time. By the time I hear one, I know it has already passed over. All the other jets from the base, I hear them beforehand.
I saw one do a flyover at a NFL game, I grew up on B-52 bases and was amazed at how quiet this weird looking plane was compared to the 8 engine bombers I was used to, it was almost directly overhead before you heard it, which means it has already emptied it's racks before you know it's there if it means you harm.
@@Adiscretefirm only 1 base for the B-2's. Whiteman AFB in Missouri.
SR-71 Blackbird. My grandfather was on the team that helped build this secret plane. It's simply an amazing aircraft.
I love watching this family it always brights up my day!! Thanks!
Thanks for the like!
Ditto brother
I was flying a small plane with an instructor at about 3000 feet and we saw a B2 about 5 miles away flying at our level. We discussed what radio channel to report a UFO. Then it turned and we saw the bat plane scalloped wing profile and we knew it was on our side.
The B-2 was first publicly displayed on 22 November 1988 at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. From reports the new B-21 Raider is also being built there.
Yes The B21 will be rolled out to the public sometime this year
@@jeffreyexposito3803 The question about the B21 is which direction the Air Force went with. Originally the aircraft was meant to be a "cheap" conventional aircraft and there was suppose to be a few hundred of them. The other direction is to make a few stealth bombers, basically upgraded B2s.
These bombers, along with the F-117 (not a fighter, though it's called a stealth fighter) are stealthy enough that during the Gulf War the anti-aircraft facilities of Iraq didn't detect them inbound, and only the explosions let them know they were being bombed, which is when they started firing skyward, basically shooting in the blind to try to hit something....but those bombers were gone by then.
The F117 was an attack aircraft and not a bomber. It was in fact the best a series aircraft ever made. It was never considered a bomber by the USAF man. Google it.
Live in western Illinois and these things are always flying over. People don't realize that they are HUGE! and rumble when they fly over not a typical jet sound.
I got to see this plane in person at an air show. I think Jack Northrope designed it but technology didn’t exist yet to make it work. He got to see this before he died. The planes dimensions were identical to his original design. He had it right. He cried when he saw it for the first time.
Like a damn baby he did. He didn't get to see the built version because of his passing. The man was nothing short of a genius.
@@mlwise24 He was shown a model of the B-2 shortly before he died. He'd made two flying wing aircraft - one propeller engined, and a few years later, with jet engines.
@@krislangley6226 Yes I seen the video of it when I worked there. I'm still in complete awe of that acft.
Actually he built like 2 or 3 actual planes a long time ago he wanted to introduce something to that into a commercial use as well as military but the government ment had him dismantle all of those planes in the late 50s to mid 60s I believe it.
1940s Flying Wing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
The B-2's are just down the highway from me, literally. Maybe 8 miles. They may go to other bases for events but always come home the the Whiteman AFB. I often watch them fly over my home along with many other military aircraft.
I'm not as close as you are, but I see them flying over our neighborhood fairly regularly too.
@@terismedley7467 is it a cool site to see
In case anyone is wondering at 8:06 in the video you can see 4 hatches, 2 hatches per air intake. These are for letting more air into the engines at low speed. Also, some people might think the B-2 Spirit has only 2 engines when in fact it has 4.
Man this plane brings back so many childhood memories lol, being like 45 mins away from Whitman air force base, I saw so many of them flying overhead and fly above the house at times and it truly is such a unique aircraft. 👌🏽🥳🤟🏽
Seeing these in person is wild! You don't see them coming and suddenly, it's there! I've also seen them on the ground, very interesting aircraft. The 117 is also amazing to see in person. Love Atlanta's food segments and Denzie's thievery! 🤣Keep it coming guys!
F-117s are also whisper quiet, even while taking off. I worked on some of their Avionics during the Kosovo Air War back in the late 90s in Aviano, Italy. They shared some Avionic systems with the F-16s, which was the normal aircraft we did maintenance for. F-117 pilots would tell stories of flying missions at night with fighters in combat around them never even knowing they were there and coming so close that the backwash from the other aircraft would literally shake the F-117.
Two that were amazing, when I was younger were the SR-71 Blackbird (which many have mentioned, and was featured in the movie "D.A.R.Y.L."), and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. I don't think you've done either of those, anyway.
It’s been a rough week. Your family always cheers me up, even given the subject of this video! Thanks, guys!
Stand Tall... Wish you a second wind full of strength an a humble soul for you.
I love how you guys have brought back the phrase "far out"! It hasn't been used in the US (at least in my area) since the 70's. Love it.
Lol yea bro the only other group of people i can think that says "far out" is Australians
@@cobiedoss6744 Yea I like the way they say it.
@@Mustang1984 same its kinda funny to me because of my Mississippi accent & no we dont all sound like they portray us 😂😂
The US does have defense links with New Zealand, so it's nice to know that if someone, (ahem, Putin or China) gets aggressive you have backup. If you think about it, we probably keep these in the air anytime that there are world conflicts and can be there so quickly it would shock people. I do wish that we were doing more to help those people in Ukraine who were building a thriving democracy.
I'd be more afraid of New Zealand's armed goats lol.
@@jeffburnham6611 and Australia’s flying Kangaroos.
It's criminal that we haven't. Ghosts of WWII.
too expensive to keep them flying. the pilots don't even fly these to get their required hours.
My husband's favorite plane is the A10. But he works on C130s for the AF :) honestly I love them all! And we have the AF museum here in Ohio where we are from. Where you can see these in person! And many many more planes/ aircraft/shuttles
The AF museum in Ohio is awesome! Visited with my brother about 20 years ago.
I have seen the B2 Spirit up close and it is pretty awesome.. I live in Missouri and I have been to where they are kept.. It also flew at the airshow I was at. When it is coming toward you, it is very hard to see because it is so thin, and you don't hear it until it passes overhead.. So glad this technology is ours!
During the time of this bomber's SECRET development, there were often "UFO" sightings by civilians who got rare and brief glances of it in flight. Same goes with the F117 Night Hawk.
They were likely behind many of the UFO sightings near Area 51 in Nevada.
Last year, there was a couple of times that my uncle said that he saw a white light flying silently across the sky where we live. He lives on the same property as me. The last time he saw it, he text and told us to go outside and look, because he was seeing it again. He said it was flying north.
I went out there, but there are too many trees where I'm at, that I can't see most of the sky. Within a minute, I heard multiple jets quickly fly into the area from the west. They briefly flew around where my uncle saw the white light, and then they flew south, by my house. I couldn't see them for the trees, but it sounded like there was at least 3 jets. I think my uncle said he saw 6 jets.
There are also sightings of real UFOs, ask the man who's seen one.
I saw a B2 Bomber at a Blue Angles air show in Jacksonville Beach Florida, as soon as it went by, I couldn't see it any more! It never made a sound! Awesome!
My father worked for Northrup during the development of the B-2 in the '90s. He was a civilian contractor that started with another contractor that developed and maintained the simulator for training pilots to fly the B-2. When I asked him about his time at CyberSystems in the early '80s (I was born 1980, we lived in Colton, California, and CyberSystems was in Pico Rivera, California--insane commute, but it is what it is) he told me he was in charge of working on and maintaining the flight simulator for the B-2. When I asked him about the simulator, he told me that the machine made Disneyland's Star Tours look like the $.25 mechanical rocking horse found in front of grocery stores. He went on to work for Northrup-Grumman at Edwards Air-force Base in California in the last few years of the '80s and most of the '90s before the B-2 went in to service as an engineer who would "run the radar data" from their radar testing. This was a B-2 towed into an anachoic chamber and radar cross sections and test were run during the day (huge cement building with no windows and radar absorbing spike on all surfaces of the chamber except where the plane sat. They would record the radar test and my dad would take the tapes (yes, literal tapes) and was in charge of "running the radar data" whatever that meant. All he could tell me was they were testing the shape and skin for radar absorption and he was in charge of making sure the machines and computers processing the data ran correctly.
I was 13 or 14 at the time when I asked him just how big the B-2 was. His answer was a wingspan bigger than a B-52, but length shorter than an F-16. I knew he dealt with radar testing, so, I asked him, how big does it show on radar. Being into R/C airplanes and having a .40 size plane (60" wingspan), he told me it showed up marginally larger than my R/C plane. His analogy was you were dead and blown up before you heard the engines let alone saw the plane itself.
My dad ended his career working for GE as an engineer working at what used to be March Air-force base working on their Boeing 747 test-bed where the inboard right/starboard engine was the experiment. The plane would fly between March AFB and somewhere in China (don't ask why: it makes no sense--even to dad) to test GE's new jet engines and dad would always complain when it came back about how the standards were so horrible that screws were missing, wires and cables were not labeled, panels not even remotely secured properly and he and his team would spend the next several weeks putting thing back together properly so the next time the plane flew nothing would fall off. He even had to sometimes climb and crawl his way into the fuel bladders in the wings to verify no Chinese nonsense.
Listening to his stories, despite being a civilian contractor with Northrup and then GE are some of my fondest memories from my childhood and something that we still bond over today as I always send him some awesome stuff just to start the conversation. He has always been an Amateur radio operator since he was either 9 or 11, can't quite remember, but was born in 1957, so, gives an idea of the era; when I was 15 or 26, he had a Morse code ham radio conversation with a gentleman in the midwest who's either father or grandfather was part of the P-61 Black Widow project towards the end of WWII. Thy hit it off so well, that the guy sent my dad a VHS tape recording of the flight training video for the P-61. I remember watching that with him when he got it. And when I found the same video here on UA-cam 3 or 4 months ago, I sent it to him. ( ua-cam.com/video/FZxlIjQqiTk/v-deo.html&pp=ygUtZmxpZ2h0IHRyYWluaW5nIHZpZGVvIG9mIHRoZSBwLTYxIGJsYWNrIHdpZG93 for anyone wondering).
Sorry for being so long winded. I just love family moments like this in reaction videos: it reminds me so much of my fond childhood memories, I am 43 for reference. ☺🤧🤓😎🤟 Rock on.
When I lived in Las Vegas I got to see quite a few of these, with NAFB being on the edge of town. I would still love to see you guys react to the AC-130 series of gunships. I think the boys will get a kick out of them.
US Bomber capacity:
B2 Spirit: Slightly less than B52. The newest of the three.
B52: This one falls in the middle range of the three bombers, the oldest of the three.
B1-B: Largest capacity of all three bombers, and widest array of bomb types. Roughly 25% more than B2, and around 1/3 more than the B52. The fastest of the three, capable of Mach 3 flight.
I will never forget seeing this fly over Pasadena for the rose bowl. As a kid, it blew my mind. I thought it was the movie independence day.
It just kept on getting bigger and bigger in slow motion.
My dad worked on it, so in the mid 90's he drove my little brother and I out to a canyon in the middle of nowhere. We were bored to death for hours until that sucker flew right over our heads. I'll never forget it.
I am pretty sure the bombs now have been engineered to eliminate that whistle sound. But they always said.....when you don't hear that sound is why you are in trouble. Cannot hear the whistle if it is directly over you.
The whistle is added. Bombs normally don't whistle. The whistle was added to scare the enemy. I don't know if the whistling sound actually scared the enemy.
I remember while I was in the USAF this plane was so secret I had to sign documents stating that if I ever divulged any knowledge of it I would tried for treason.
Thank you for your service my brother. LOL I CANNOT CONFIRM OR DENY THE PRESENCE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON THIS FACILITY
Not related at all to the military, but if you haven’t seen the skit “Who’s on First”, it is hilarious, and I’m sure Atlanta and Denzel would love it. It really is worth it!
I live in Missouri and my Dad and I have seen them flying around doing training exercises several times. The first time my Dad saw one he said he was working outside and heard just a odd hiss/humm sound and when he looked up he said it looked like just a wing flying really low in the sky.
My favorite aircraft to ever exist. Granted it helps to know that my grandfather was one of the engineers to work on the development of this incredible piece of machinery. I also agree that you should definitely react to the SR-71 and the F-117. Another 2 incredible aircraft
12:10 Even if you have bunkers... they need to be deeper than the 60m. 9:37 it carry's 2 of them that penetrate 61m So would the bunkers need to be 122m deep?
Bro in law was in the US Navy for 8 years, still works at the VA as a CT tech... Lives in Bremerton WA... Have visited him multiple times and in 21 I think.... I'm old as and, he's 63,,, lol... CVN 68 was in dock... we got on base and drove straight up to it... We're talking 20/25m (for you metric NZ'rs, ya I'm a dipsht American but I know my metric)... This ship was absolutely ginormous,,, I mean unbelievable... USS Nimitz... WOW, just WOW!!! When you stand in front of one of these things you just tremble in goose bumps....I mean they are absolutely,,, unbelievable...
I live in Kansas City and the B2 is stationed about 50 miles from my house. We see them fly over a few times a year.
That would be cool to see ✌️
@@2GringosOnTheGulf it really is. When they fly over it’s amazing how quite it is.
@@moemoe211 awesome id think it sound like any other jet
@@2GringosOnTheGulf the sound seems so disconnected from the plane. It will fly over and be out of site and the you hear it. To seems like a lower rumble.
I see it fly over my mom's house for chiefs and royals games. it's very loud lol
If it wasn't for the cost factor the SR-71 and the U-2 are the beginning of the modern stealth Air Craft for the USAF. Both were designed in the 1950's.
The U-2 experimented with Plasma Stealth in which they used uranium paint. The idea is that the radiation would prevent the signal from bouncing back to the dish. It didn't work.
@@orlock20 if they did some stupid thing like that it wasn't while work with them because we would all be dead from radiation poisoning. A am still alive and thank the Lord for that.
Love to see your reactions, if you want to something that is completely scary look up the ac-130 aka angle of death
The Stealth Bomber is located in Missouri...I see it all the time..one night fishing..you could see it quietly hovering above us..but it can be Very loud also..before each Kansas City Chiefs game..it flies over the stadium..thanks
I was a Final Inspector for an FAA Repair Station and signed off on Airworthiness certs for the B-2. I was one of a few that were able to do this.
Keep up the great work yall! Have a great weekend everyone
I loved watching Denzel's face during this. We actually should be extremely glad that Germany lost WWII, they were working on and building the first wing planes, wings like the triangle and flat bombers like this. Germany was way ahead of any other country in stealth technology. After all, we did get Albert Einstein and other brilliant minds from Germany.
Einstein, since he was Jewish, left well before the war started. He, despite being a pacifist, was one of the ones who told the Allies that the Germans were trying to develop nuclear bombs and was one of the ones pushing the Allies to beat the Germans to it, before the Manhattan Project.
The mathematics behind stealth technology hadn't been worked out back then. It was a happy side effect of the flying wing design that resulted in a low radar cross section. The original design objectives were reduced weight and drag to extend the range of bombers.
And another for another person that we got from the Nazis is Otto von Braun who helped us develop the rockets that carried the first Americans to space. 😎
@@johnnymartin49, * Wehrner von Braun
@@MichaelScheele Sorry, speech to text and when I tried to edit it it still came out wrong. 😎
when you see one in person and if you have any ounce of appreciation for aerodynamics, it will leave you in awe. Far more complex than what's on the screen.
When i was about 14 or 15 (2004-2005) we lived outside the base because my father was in the airforce. Friend of mine from school his father was a B2 pilot. Was so cool hearing his stories about flying it. :) Love your videos keep it up!!
There were a lot of ufo reports in the 80's and 90s in Nevada. People kept seeing these big triangular ufos. The airforce base that they tested the f-117 and the b-2 at is known as area 51.
Last year, there was a couple of times that my uncle said that he saw a white light flying silently across the sky where we live. He lives on the same property as me. The last time he saw it, he text and told us to go outside and look, because he was seeing it again. He said it was flying north.
I went out there, but there are too many trees where I'm at, that I can't see most of the sky. Within a minute, I heard multiple jets quickly fly into the area from the west. They briefly flew around where my uncle saw the white light, and then they flew south, by my house. I couldn't see them for the trees, but it sounded like there was at least 3 jets. I think my uncle said he saw 6 jets.
To put the bomber's actual radar signature into perspective, it's roughly the same size as a kid's kite..... well below the lock-on threshold of 95% of radar guided weapons used world wide.
Actually I believe it's the size of a bumblebee
@@kennethohnemus3192 That's the f-117 nighthawk... the B-2's bomber's radar signature is right at 1/2 square meter..
@@kennethohnemus3192 It depends on the range and power from the radar. The closer to the radar, the larger it appears on radar. I'm guessing that the number given out is from the distance it can release its bombs and hit the target.
Was guarding the north end of the flightless when we got our first one at Whiteman. Many decades later and I still get to watch them from my farm near the base.
Funny that you mention it being a sunny day and hearing the b-2 flying over. That happened to me when I was a kid. I was in the front yard and saw one fly over really low. It was awesome and I will never forget that.
The b2 bomber was inspired by the peregrine falcon. If you look it up "b2 spirit bomber inspired from falcon" you should be able to see a side by side image of the two. You can see the uncanny resemblance! An awesome plane comes from an awesome falcon! A lot of planes are based off of falcons or eagles because they are the masters of the sky! Not to mention that a lot of things are based off of nature in general because it is proven to work!
Love your videos they are so fun to watch❤️
Retired USMC here, we love our NZ family
I live in St. Louis, Missouri and every once in awhile you will see them fly over. They are for sure a sight to see! Love y’all’s channel, keep up the great work!!
I did four years in the US Navy then changed over to the Army until retirement. I love my country and I'm very patriotic, but it is sad that we spend more money on bombs than we do schools or hospitals.🙄
That is a dumb comment especially coming from a serviceman. Without defense we would not have schools or churches or children.
if you want to check out a phenomenal spy plane you should look at the SR71 Blackbird.
I've had the privilege to see the B2 Bomber fly over our Rose Parade to come down right over the Parade route. It's the most amazing plane to watch fly over and every time it leaves me with my mouth open. It's like watching a plane from Star Wars to see how gracefully it moves and flies with speed ❤
I am a former B-2 Fuel Systems Technician, AMA. I can tell you anything about its fuel system capabilities. That "Stealth Mode" that was mentioned is talking about how it can fly without its FCS. It does this by using the fuel placement inside the tanks to turn and or pitch.The reason the B-2 can remain so steady without an empennage (tail section) is that it has a GLAS (Gust Load Alleviation Surface). It acts as a dampener for the air flowing over the aircraft's body. Without such a sophisticated invention, aircraft would pitch up and down like a dolphin breaching the surface of water. This surface performs calculations every microsecond and adjusts according to the pitch and airflow speed. Also the B-2 used to have a third crew member, a Flight Engineer who sat about 10 feet behind the Mission Commander's seat. The FE's seat is located where a majority of the circuit breakers are located (there are 9 aboard the aircraft). However, due to constant software updates, a FE was no longer needed as the system could diagnose its own problems and report them directly to the pilots MDU screens. The problems that don't get reported to the screens still "flag" as "bad" and can be identified by utilizing a small maintenance printer directly underneath and behind the pilot seat. This printer will print out a list of mechanisms that failed upon power-up of the plane or have failed during operation. One cool thing i have to say; Before the B-2 that left to bomb the ISIS camps in Syria in 2018 it had a temperature control valve fail upon power-up (a failure of this part means temperature of fuel cannot be regulated before it goes into the engine and can lead to an engine failure). The pilots called for us to come troubleshoot it and have it cleared, i was part of a two-man team to go into the cockpit and realize it had a power issue. The problem being that it had received excess power and that its circuit breaker popped, I reset the breaker by pushing it in. The breaker didn't pop out again and the mission was cleared to proceed. So myself and another person saved a 32-hour long sortie to destroy our enemy overseas.
PS. It holds a whopping 167,000 pounds of fuel in 8 usable fuel tanks with 2 overflow tanks in the wingtips to catch excess fuel intake.
It is also made after the Peregrine Falcon, just look at the two side by side for a comparison.
This aircraft is also 172 feet wingtip to wingtip and 69 feet long. It's pretty massive.
Are the beds comfy? Comfy living space?
I live in Lake Ozark Missouri. While driving up to Kansas City early one morning I saw a B2. Breathtaking. It looked like it was just hanging there in the sky. Took my eyes off it for a few seconds to grab my phone, looked back and it was GONE. Didn’t see it anywhere in the sky.
I live about an hour's drive from the airforce base that the B-2s are based out of, and they often do flyovers for different events near us. If it's cloudy at all, you won't see it until it's by you. And while you can hear it if you know what to listen for, the times I've seen them fly over, you don't really realize what they are until they pass you. The sound is directed behind them, and you just simply don't notice them until they are past you.
I’ve been up in Kansas City a lot for nascar races or nfl games, and the B-2 is usually the plane they do for the flyover. So I’ve gotten to see one several times. It’s SO incredibly cool to see in person.
The SR-71 Blackbird should be next to check out for y’all. Major Brian Shul ASAF retired tells his story and is great to watch, it is an hour and 10 minute watch but wow, what an experience and life he’s lived. And he tells the speed check story during his presentation. He’s the pilot that it happened too. He’s an amazing man and it’s miraculous that he alive.
Check out the Stryker vehicle. It is a wheeled armored vehicle with several different variants. I served on a mortar carrier variant when I was in the Army.
These things were top secret back when I was in the Navy (1981) outside of Hawaii during a training operation and one of those flew over the top of my ship the USS Peoria at maybe 500 feet off the water scared the heck out every one of us even the officers.
I live just outside Kansas City, MO and Whiteman Air Force Base is less than an hour from here. We get to see these bombers flying over on occasion and it is one of the most fascinating things to see in the sky.
It should be noted that only 21 of these things were built, and they were supremely expensive.
We've also got a successor in development, the B-21.
In 1999 I was driving a group of German tourists from the dude ranch I was working at to Scottsdale, Arizona for a shopping trip when suddenly every car on the road jammed on their breaks and people jumped out of their cars looking up. Confused, I looked up to see the B-2 flying slowly overheard at around a thousand feet. It's amazing how 14 tourist can exit a bus in under 2 seconds. Unbeknownst to me, there was an air show going on and by dumb luck, 14 Germans and myself got to see it fly around us for a good 5 minutes. Best traffic jam ever!
P.s. it's actually pretty quiet. You don't hear it until it's already passed by
There is a video of one flying low over some sort of street gathering. It is that quiet.
Jack northrop first designed a flying wing in the 1940's. When the b2 was built the airforce honored him by granting him clearance to see it.
I once went on a service call to the very plant where the B2 was built. It was very interesting. In their cafeteria they have a whole wall photo of the production floor with a dozen B2's being built. Even though this was after its production it was cool to talk to a few people that were there when it was built.
The production building is located just down the same road the facility was for recovery a Space Shuttle if one landed on the west coast. Outside of that building was the gantry that they used to lift the Shuttle up into the air high enough for the 747 used to fly it back to Florida.
My youngest son worked on B-2's for several years at Whiteman. I've been a technician on B-52's for 35 years.
First flight of ship one was 17 July 1989. The program was 10 years old before it ever took flight, but a lot of technology development had to be figured out before it could be designed. We were still testing skin materials and coatings in the early 80's before they laid the first piece of the airframe.
The F-117 was based in my Home state (New Mexico) in the 90s I used to see them flying all the time, very weird looking but awesome. I have seen B2s twice once at a airshow in the late 90s and the other in 2009. Completely bizarre but amazing aircraft
the SR-71 is a beautiful piece of tech especially for the era it was built
So all the B2 bombers are based in Missouri about a hour or so from Kansas City. There has been many times when I’m outside and I see one fly near by and it never gets old. So beautiful what a machine
I worked on the B-2 test program and will never forget the first time I saw the airplane. There were no photographs or drawings in the public sphere and there were no other planes like it in the world. I will never forget the day that I was escorted into the hanger and saw that amazing looking airplane for the first time. I was thinking “Wow, I’m going to be working on Batman’s airplane!” The worst part was that I couldn’t tell anybody about what I had seen or was working on until the aircraft was rolled out into the public eye months later. It is an amazing air vehicle and I am grateful for having had the opportunity to work on the program.
I worked at the B2 bomber development and production sites in California. I really enjoyed my previous experience as an Air Force officer along with my civilian experience at the work sites in support of our nation's military B2 Bomber deterrence efforts.
I saw one of these beautiful machines up close at a military show when I was 10 years old. They had it roped off with signs that said if you crossed the rope you'd be shot on sight. I stayed far away but I was in awe of it.
These guys are cool. Much love and respect from Seattle, Washington, USA
The nighthawk is also called the F-117. The “B” in B-2 stands for bomber, where as the “F” in the F-117, F-22 Raptor, F-35 lightening etc, stands for Fighter.
The F-117 was designed in the 70s & 80s & made its big debut during the '91 Persian Gulf War with astounding results, ushering in the age of stealth combat. Definitely worth your time.
The B-2 Spirit will soon be replaced by the B-21 Raider, currently in development.
And remember the talking heads on TV laughing at President Reagan for talking about invisible aircraft 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Some have mentioned the SR-71 Blackbird and yes, that would be a cool plane to show. I have family in Dayton Ohio and we visit the Wright Patterson Air Force Base where many many planes and other things are stored for people to see. They have one of the Black Birds there. Was really cool to be able to walk up to this thing and look right into the exhaust of one of those powerful engines. Amazing place spanding several big hangers. Also had ICBM missiles standing upright inside and Apollo 8 capsule on display. Burnt bad from re-entry but you could look inside it and it was smaller than I thought it would be. Best thing about this place is it is all free to visit or at least it was about 5 years ago. Not sure now. If you ever visit America, you must check them out. You will burn an entire day trying to see all. Even has one of Wright Brothers early planes, plane that dropped the bomb on Japan and a space simulator you can go inside to control a bit. That cost some. Also a nice gift shop with cool stuff.
The F-117 Nighthawk is pretty awesome too! These were aircraft designed by an aeronautics company named Skunkworks. They had another legendary aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird. The 71 currently holds the record for highest operation altitude as well as fastest recorded overland speed in an aircraft!
My dad was part of the team that helped design and build this beautiful aircraft. I've been fortunate to get an upclose look at 1 in person and let me tell you, first seeing it will send a chill running down your spine. This bird is legitimately scary looking. I'd hate to see one flying above me knowing what it's capable of.
If you guys ever come to the US, definitely check out the Air Force National Museum in Dayton, Ohio! You can see a B-2, A-10, B-52, F-117, and a hundred more airplanes, including Bochs Car which dropped the second nuclear bomb. It’s free to the public and and you can easily spend over 3 hours there
I have seen one. It had an engine issue and did an emergency landing at the military base near me a few years back. The quarantined the area so no one could get anywhere other than the people who had to clearance to do so
They are amazing to see up close. I grew up in the town that connects to the Base in Missouri. You don't hear them till they are right on top of you..Even growing up around them, thay are still breath taking. My Father worked as a civialian employee on the base. I have actually been on the flight line with them. Simply Amazing is all I can say.
I live roughly 15 minutes from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Been here for 31 years. See these things all the time. Though it's more common to hear them after they've already flown past or a lot of times not see them at all. Amazing pieces of engineering. Occasionally they'll do flyovers for the chiefs up in KC which is only about an hour or so away from Whiteman
Another outstanding video! Yes... check out the F-117 Nighthawk... the first generation of stealth aircraft. Now retired, this aircraft saw active service throughout the late 1980's and 1990's. Much love from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA!
The B2 has a radar cross section the size of a bumblebee. It's amazing how they make something that size seem like an insect on radar.
I would highly recommend the F-117 along with the AC-130 Spectre Gunship!! Other good stuff would be the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration teams!! If you ever get the chance, visiting an air show here in the states would be a memorable experience for sure!! I was an Air Force Security Forces member and got to guard the F-117 my first air show. A photographer was trying to get pictures of it but his camera wouldn't focus on the plane. From what he told me, his camera used a laser to auto-focus but because the plane kept "absorbing" the laser the auto-focus wasn't working. The lens just kept moving in and out. He asked if I would be ok with him focusing on me just to get the plane!! Still have that picture and it was taken 22 years ago!!
The camera focusing problem could've been a known issue with the 117's ability to also absorb sound waves by nature of their design as some cameras used a type of sonar for ranging the focus. Similarly in Desert Storm, dead bats would be found in the F-117 hangars after they used their sonar-like abilities to fly around and subsequently they'd crash into the jets' tails and die. RIP Saudi bats.
Definitely check out the C-RAM and C-WIS for this series. Defensive systems, awesome to hear and watch! Saves many many soldiers lives in Iraq and Afghanistan
As I type, I'm about 15 miles from Whiteman AB. Spent a few years stationed there. My father worked at Northrup when the development and production was going on.
I did a barrel roll in the B-2 simulator. I was at Whitman investigating a F-15 crash. I saw the B-2 flying during it’s development when I was learning to fly the F-4.
I live in Southwest Missouri and the Whiteman Airforce Base is up near Kansas City Missouri so at MANY of the Kansas City Chiefs home football games, the flyover for the game is many times a couple of the B-2 bombers & you see them but don’t hear them until they are basically right over the stadium. SUPER cool & impressive!!!!
I was in SE Asia for 2 years during the Vietnam war. One time I went to Okinawa Japan for additional training. The SR71 Blackbird was stationed there. I had never heard of it. I saw it twice. All traffic on the roads stopped and people got out to watch. It looked like an alien spacecraft. This was in the days before all the realistic Sci Fi movies. You should check it out.
Take a look at the Bradley. I was a driver in Germany in the U. S. Army. It is an all around fighting vehicle. You won't be disappointed.
Awesome Video. Awesome Family.
This is one of the coolest planes I have ever seen. I have the pleasure of living just about 45min from the AFB that these call home. I get to see them flying frequently. I did some work on base many years ago and got to see them take off and land countless times. Truly amazing to see.
I live 10 miles from the Whiteman Airbase and we have these beautiful birds flying over quite a bit.
My favorite bomber.