B-2 Spirit

A USAF B-2 Spirit in flight.

Northrop Grumman B-2 adalah pesawat perang berteknologi stealth yang digunakan untuk mengembom. Dijalankan oleh Angkatan Perang Udara Amerika Serikat. Pesawat ini tidak mampu terbang cepat dan mudah dimusnahkan jika dilihat secara fisik.

Pengguna

Amerika Serikat

• United States Air Force
  • 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base (Current, 19 aircraft)
    • 13th Bomb Squadron
    • 393d Bomb Squadron
    • 394th Combat Training Squadron
  • 412th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base (Current, one aircraft)
    • 419th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base
  • 53d Wing, Eglin Air Force Base (past)
    • 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base
  • 57th Wing, Nellis Air Force Base (past)
    • 325th Weapons Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base
    • 715th Weapons Squadron (inactivated)

Spesifikasi

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Karakteristik umum

• Kru: 2
• Panjang: 69 ft (21 m)
• Lebar sayap: 172 ft (52.4 m)
• Tinggi: 17 ft (5.2 m)
• Area sayap: 5,000 ft² (460 m²)
• Berat kosong: 158,000 lb (71.7 t)
• Berat terisi: 336,500 lb (152.6 t)
• Berat maksimum lepas landas: 376,000 lb (171.0 t)
• Mesin: 4× General Electric F118-GE-100 turbofans, 17,300 lbf (77 kN) masing-masing

Performa

• Kecepatan maksimum: 410 knots (760 km/h, 470 mph)
• Jarak jangkau: 5,600 nm (10,400 km, 6,400 mi)
• Batas tertinggi servis: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
• Beban sayap: 67.3 lb/ft² (329 kg/m²)
• Dorongan/berat: 0.205

Persenjataan

• 2 internal bays for 50,000 lb (22,700 kg) of ordnance.^[5]
  • 80× 500 lb class bombs (Mk-82) mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA)
  • 36× 750 lb CBU class bombs on BRA
  • 16× 2000 lb class weapons (Mk-84, JDAM-84, JDAM-102) mounted on Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA)
  • 16× B61 or B83 nuclear weapons on RLA

Sumber : Wikipedia