US Air Force (USAF) crewmen with the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), prepare their B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber aircraft for a mission from a forward-deployed base, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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.
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Date
02/04/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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