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US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher J. Grady, inspects the landing gear bay on his B-2 Spirit bomber at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). AIRMAN Grady is a member of the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Carl Robertson, Crewchief, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), communicates with the pilots of his B-2 Spirit before they take off from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The USAF B-2 is leaving Whiteman AFB in support of Exercise CORONET DRAGON 49, a forward deployment exercise to Andersen AFB, Guam

A Northrop Grumman built US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber takes off from the Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV) runway

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Chad Alexander (back to camera), Crew CHIEF, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), marshals a USAF 325th Bomb Squadron (BS), 509th Bomb Wing (BW), B-2 Spirit multi-role stealth bomber, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), into its parking spot at Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), as he participates in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of an Air Combat Command (ACC) Global Power mission

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber Crew CHIEF, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Steven L. Jonas, marshals in his B-2 aircraft on the ramp at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV)

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., is refueled by a KC-135 tanker aircraft from the 126th Air Refueling Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, over the Pacific Ocean on April 4, 2005. The 509th BW is currently deployed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Abraham Harthup, Crewchief, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), marshals out a USAF B-2 Spirit from a hanger at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The USAF B-2 is leaving Whiteman AFB in support of Exercise CORONET DRAGON 49, a forward deployment exercise to Andersen AFB, Guam

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., soars over the Pacific Ocean during a refueling mission on April 4, 2005. The 509th BW is currently deployed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mary Jo Spaulding, crew chief to FB-111A aircraft No. 503; left, A1C Matthew J. Miller, crew chief to FB-111A aircraft no. 284; and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Gary S. Forgione, line chief, all from the 509th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, await the take off of FB-111A aircraft no. 284 during the Strategic Air Command bomb competition Proud Shield

US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher J. Grady, left and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ricardo Avila wait to marshal their B-2 Spirit bomber to the runway at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). on 23 October 2003. The AIRMAN are with the 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Nellis Air Force Base

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael R. Nixion, 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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Col. Jeffrey T. Schreiner, the incoming 509th Bomb

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