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Hill AFB Building New Radar Cross Section Testing Facility for B-2 Flight Controls

Frank Wolfe

Friday, February 18th, 2022

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Hill AFB Building New Radar Cross Section Testing Facility for B-2 Flight Controls

A B-2 Spirit performs a low flyover during the 2019 Wings Over Whiteman Air & Space Show at Whiteman AFB, Mo. on June 15, 2019 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Hill AFB, Utah is to undertake radar cross section testing of the flight controls and edges of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 stealth bomber as early as late 2024 or 2025. "Hill AFB is building a new Composite Aircraft Antenna Calibration (CAAC) facility that will perform multiple radar functions," according to a Feb. 17 sources sought business notice by Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill. "One of these functions is to measure the radar cross section (RCS) of B-2 flight…

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