B-2 Spirit

B-2 Spirit
A USAF B-2 Spirit in flight.
Tipe	Stealth bomber
Produsen	Northrop Corporation Northrop Grumman
Terbang perdana	17 July 1989
Status	Active service
Pengguna	United States Air Force
Jumlah produksi	21[1][2]
Harga satuan	$737 million sampai dengan $2.2 billion[3]

Northrop Grumman B-2 adalah pesawat perang berteknologi stealth yang digunakan untuk mengembom. Dijalankan oleh Angkatan Perang Udara Amerika Serikat. Pesawat ini tidak mampu terbang cepat dan mudah dimusnahkan jika dilihat.

Pengguna

Amerika Serikat

• United States Air Force
  • 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base (Current, 19 aircraft)
    • 13th Bomb Squadron
    • 393d Bomb Squadron
    • 394th Combat Training Squadron
  • 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base (Current, one aircraft)
    • 419th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base
  • 53d Wing, Eglin Air Force Base (past)
    • 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base
  • 57th Wing, Nellis Air Force Base (past)
    • 325th Weapons Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base
    • 715th Weapons Squadron (inactivated)

Spesifikasi

Data dari Global Security^[4]

Karakteristik umum

• Kru: 2
• Panjang: 69 ft (21 m)
• Lebar sayap: 172 ft (52.4 m)
• Tinggi: 17 ft (5.2 m)
• Area sayap: 5,000 ft² (460 m²)
• Berat kosong: 158,000 lb (71.7 t)
• Berat terisi: 336,500 lb (152.6 t)
• Berat maksimum lepas landas: 376,000 lb (171.0 t)
• Mesin: 4× General Electric F118-GE-100 turbofans, 17,300 lbf (77 kN) masing-masing

Performa

• Kecepatan maksimum: 410 knots (760 km/h, 470 mph)
• Jarak jangkau: 5,600 nm (10,400 km, 6,400 mi)
• Batas tertinggi servis: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
• Beban sayap: 67.3 lb/ft² (329 kg/m²)
• Dorongan/berat: 0.205

Persenjataan

• 2 internal bays for 50,000 lb (22,700 kg) of ordnance.^[5]
  • 80× 500 lb class bombs (Mk-82) mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA)
  • 36× 750 lb CBU class bombs on BRA
  • 16× 2000 lb class weapons (Mk-84, JDAM-84, JDAM-102) mounted on Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA)
  • 16× B61 or B83 nuclear weapons on RLA