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…
