Pilots safe after stealth bomber crash in Guam


HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A B-2 stealth bomber crashed Saturday at an air base on Guam, but both pilots ejected safely and were in good condition, the Air Force said.  

It was the first crash of a B-2 bomber, said Capt.   Sheila Johnston, a spokeswoman for Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.  

Thick, black smoke could be seen billowing from the wreckage at Andersen Air Force Base, said Jeanne Ward, a resident in the northern village of Yigo who was on the base visiting her husband.  

Ward said she didn't witness the crash but noticed a rising plume of smoke behind the base's air control tower.  

She said crowds began to gather as emergency vehicles arrived.   "Everybody was on their cellphones, and the first thing everyone wanted to know was did the pilots make it out in time," she said.  
A board of officers will investigate the crash.  

Each B-2 bomber costs about $1.  2 billion to build.   All 21 stealth bombers are based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, but the Air Force has been rotating several of them through Guam since 2004, along with B-1 and B-52 bombers.  

The rotations are designed to boost the U.  S.   security presence in the Asia-Pacific region while other U.  S.   forces diverted to fight in the Middle East.  

The B-2 was first publicly displayed in 1988 and took its first flight a year later.   The first bomber was delivered to Whiteman in 1993.  

The accident occurred 11 days after a Navy plane crashed into the ocean about 20 miles northeast of Guam's Ritidian Point.   Four aircrewmembers ejected from the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft and were rescued by helicopter.  

Guam is a U.  S.   territory 3,700 miles southwest of Hawaii.  

Neki link?

Имате овде вест:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23302483/

Шта се то дешава са њиховим ваздухопловством?
Већ неколико авиона им се срушило.

Dotrajali

cuo sam da i '99god. neki F117 imao neki tehnicki problem?pa se srusio u Srbiji u neko selo...Budjanovce bese.,..hehheehe

Lepa vest. :mrgreen:Samo nek se nastavi.

Slazem se 

sto vise padnu...manje ce rusi raketa da potrose

ode milijarda dolara ... 

Evo i fotki B-2 iz Guama

Izvor

Pa nije mu ništa bilo.

Evo i video
1. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c0_1212714677
2. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f6d_1212714828

Neki kvar je bio na desnom paru motora. Obratite paznju (video br.2) na momenat kada se odvaja od piste, da se na desnom paru motora vidi nekakav udar ili nesto sto izlece iz motora.

Zvanican razlog pada je prodor vlage u sistem za upravljanje letom, sto je prouzrokovalo pogresan proracun ugla i brzine pri poletanju. Ovo znaci da je onaj beli oblak koji se na kratko pojavljuje, u stvari kondenzacija vodene pare sa napadnih ivica krila, zbog prevelikog napadnog ugla pri poletanju. To je dovelo do gubitka sile uzgona na maloj brzini i visini.