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U.S. Air Force Replacing Tail Pipes on B-2 Bomber

Frank Wolfe

Friday, October 28th, 2022

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U.S. Air Force Replacing Tail Pipes on B-2 Bomber

On March 6, 2012, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jim Gargano, 509th Maintenance Squadron metals technology assistant section chief, at Whiteman AFB, Mo. welds a connector of a B-2 Spirit Bomber tail pipe liner (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is replacing tail pipes on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 Spirit stealth bomber as a follow-on effort to stopgap work begun a decade ago. Each of the 20 B-2s stationed at Whiteman AFB, Mo., has four General Electric [GE] F118-GE-100 turbofan engines. The Air Force fielded the first B-2 in 1993. Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) 424th Supply Chain Management Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., began to buy liners and other parts to protect the tail…

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