At the time the pictures were taken, the U.S. military was launching air and missile strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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The Day a B-2 Stealth Bomber Disintegrated on Takeoff

Key Points and Summary – In February 2008, the B-2 “Spirit of Kansas” crashed seconds after takeoff from Andersen AFB, Guam, ...
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE (NewsNation) — It took more than 4,000 men and women for the U.S. military to execute an undercover assault on Iran’s most advanced nuclear facilities, marking the largest B-2 ...
The B2 Spirit looks nothing like a conventional aircraft. Rather than wings attached to a fuselage, the B2 is a single flying wing. While most people associate it with stealth, the flying wing design ...
In October 2025, the United States Air Force dispatched two B-1B Lancer bombers to South America, leading some to wonder why they're still being flown. After all, the B-1B is an old aircraft, having ...
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE (NewsNation) — It took more than 4,000 men and women for the U.S. military to execute an undercover assault on Iran’s most advanced nuclear facilities, marking the largest B-2 ...
Ian Lee is a CBS News correspondent based in London, where he reports for CBS News, CBS Newspath and CBS News 24/7. Lee is a multi-award-winning journalist whose work covering major international ...
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is perhaps the most recognizable American military plane of all time. It can reach subsonic speeds of over 600 mph, carry a payload of 40,000 pounds, and fly 6,000 ...
The B-2 stealth bombers used to attack the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant are equipped with toilets, microwaves and usually a cooler for snacks to make life more comfortable for the pilots who were ...
Two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers flew to Alaska before President Trump’s summit with his Russian counterpart on Friday. The stealth bombers, which were built to carry nuclear weapons, are based at ...
As President Donald Trump greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a B-2 stealth bomber soared overhead, flanked by four F-35 jets. Putin looked up at ...