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B-2s Turn Out Not To Be Solo Flyers

May 7, 1999 | JOHN DIAMOND, Associated Press Writer | Copyright
JOHN DIAMOND, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-07-1999
B-2s Turn Out Not To Be Solo Flyers

WASHINGTON (AP) -- During the epic battles over buying the B-2 bomber, contractors and lawmakers marched on Capitol Hill with charts showing how a pair of the radar-evading planes could do the work of 55 conventional aircraft.

The sales pitch: only four B-2 crewmen put in harm's way compared with as many as 116 in a standard bombing mission.

But in the real battle over Yugoslavia, it's not working out that way. The B-2 is relying on the full contingent of support and escort aircraft -- and their crews -- just like its non-stealth cousins.

So was there some hype in the original pitch for the most expensive aircraft ever built, at $2 billion each? …

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