$1.2 billion down the drain. (Or as much as $2 billion, depending on who you ask.) Thank God the pilots are okay.
Some perspective: there were 21 B-2s. Now there are 20 -- a roughly 5-percent reduction in an instant.
In terms of airframes, that's the equivalent of 30 F-15s crashing at the same time, or 60 F-16s, or 6 F-22s.
In terms of money, that's equivalent to 20 F-15s, 24 F-16s or 10 F-22s.
Ouch.....
2 Billion Dollar Hiccup....
"the game of life of is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well"
BIG POOPIES !!!!! that freekin sucks - glad I aint in maintance any more. We had over 40 (sorry cant say the exact #) F16's at my last base and we had one go down over seas and they were all hangered for a week just incase. Then we had work to do when they could fly again IT SUCKED. Glad the pilots are ok.
!!OUCH - Being the best is easy when its already in you!!