Is this a B2 Bomber?

[EddieWalker]

I noticed the twin contrails and thought that the color was a little different from what I've seen before. I think it's a B2 bomber, but don't know for sure.

What is is?

Thanks,
Eddie

 

[V1Rotate]

Looks like a B-2 to me.

 

[bullbreaker]

Sure looks like one. The B-2 bomber is a stealth aircraft, so it needs to leave as little trace of its presence as possible, which is why it allegedly leaves no contrails. How is this possible? In 2000, Air International magazine published an article about the B-2, and explained how it was that the B-2 didn't produce contrails. "As for elimination of contrails (normally a giveaway, even for a stealth aircraft), the USAF said chlorofluorosulphonic acid was injected into the jets to eliminate contrails." But the USAF later told reporters that it was done by "regulating exhaust temperatures." Air International considered this "nonsense," because: "contrails are ice crystals from water vapor left when hydrocarbon fuel is burned, and can never be eliminated by 'regulating exhaust temperatures.'" From Contrails And The Dark Side
Contrails And The Dark Side

Boone

 

[scrappy isb67]

At low altitude that the B2 will operate in while in combat, it will not leave contrails but at high altitudes it will. They don't bomb @ high altitudes.

 

[Scooby074]

Yep thats a B2. Pretty cool. Lot of $$ in that shot:thumbsup:

The B2 can leave contrails

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/stealth-aircraft-vulnerabilities-contrails.htm

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Cool Eddie,

Might it have come from Shreveport base?

 

[Dan Hunter]

Kinda like how drowning proved a woman wasn't a witch, seeing the contrails means you're not their target...today.

 

[Bigfoot62]

Cool Eddie,

Might it have come from Shreveport base?

Barksdale AFB is actually in Bossier City.

IIRC, I think Tinker AFB, near OK City, also has B-2's.

 

[EddieWalker]

It was kind of following Interstate 20, coming from the West (Dallas) and going East (Shreveport)

Are they in Barksdale? This is the first time that I've ever seen one, and when I saw the picture, I thought that maybe it was coming back from a Veterans Day Ceremony. I'm just guessing.

From the ground, all I could see was the contrail. I took the picture because the contrail was dark, and split. I didn't even think about the plane, I just thought that the contrail looked really interesting across some white clouds behind it. By the time I took the pic, and got it in the frame, it was a long ways from the white clouds. I really didn't think it was a good pic anymore, but didn't want to give up on trying to get the pic. It took me a dozen tries to get it. It really was moving along quickly.

Eddie

 

[WM75Guy]

There are 19 B2 bombers at Whiteman AFB in Missouri and 1 B2 at Edwards AFB in California used for testing. THe 509th at Whiteman is the only operational unit. The 509th was the unit that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in WWII.

Normally the B2 takes off and lands at Whiteman without stopping anywhere during it's mission, using inflight refueling to stay aloft for as long as 36 hours. The 2 pilots take turns sleeping on a lawn chair behind their seats next to the porta potty.