B-2 Spirit

B-2 Spirit

A USAF B-2 Spirit in flight.
Tipe	Stealth bomber
Produsen	Northrop Corporation Northrop Grumman
Pertama terbang	17 July 1989
Status	Active service
Pemakai	United States Air Force
Jumlah dibuat	21^[1]^[2]
Harga satuan	$737 million sampai dengan $2.2 billion^[3]

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.

Daftar isi

[sunting] Pengguna

Amerika Serikat

United States Air Force
- 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base (Current, 19 aircraft)
- 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)

[sunting] Spesifikasi

Data dari Global Security^[4]

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) each

Performa

Kecepatan maksimum: 410 knots (760 km/h, 470 mph)
Jarak jangkau: 5,600 nm (10,400 km, 6,400 mi)
Atap servis: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Wing loading: 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