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A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published August 28, 2016
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August 25, 2016
Personally I would tend to 4.5 stars.
As the title says, it is a pictorial history. Jim Goodall sure knows what he is writing about.
The book is well done, with quite a bit of background information, development etc.
The layout is ok but with such a spectacular bomber I believe there is room for improvement.
There are some very nice photographs of the B-2A, though many on the ground or during take off. But there are also shots of the bomb bays, the cockpit, helmets, refueling and even a few nice portraits of pilots and security personnel, which gives it a really nice personal touch.
For 159 pages one gets a lot of fine photographs and quite a bit of information. Just don't expect detailed information on development and operations as in Brad Elward's fantastic book about the F/A-18E/F and the E/A-18G. This is after all a pictorial history.
I would have liked if they had included more pictures of the spectacular Spirit in flight but considering the missions I of course understand these are hard if not impossible to get.
As the title says, it is a pictorial history. Jim Goodall sure knows what he is writing about.
The book is well done, with quite a bit of background information, development etc.
The layout is ok but with such a spectacular bomber I believe there is room for improvement.
There are some very nice photographs of the B-2A, though many on the ground or during take off. But there are also shots of the bomb bays, the cockpit, helmets, refueling and even a few nice portraits of pilots and security personnel, which gives it a really nice personal touch.
For 159 pages one gets a lot of fine photographs and quite a bit of information. Just don't expect detailed information on development and operations as in Brad Elward's fantastic book about the F/A-18E/F and the E/A-18G. This is after all a pictorial history.
I would have liked if they had included more pictures of the spectacular Spirit in flight but considering the missions I of course understand these are hard if not impossible to get.
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