In the late afternoon sunlight a B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber, from the 509th Bomb Wing stands ready in its hangar. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

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In the late afternoon sunlight a B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber, from the 509th Bomb Wing stands ready in its hangar. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN

Base: Whiteman Air Force Base

State: Missouri (MO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

B-2 Spirit Bomber

The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two.