Modelcollect UA72206 USAF B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber with Mop GBU-57

Northrop B-2A Spirit USAF Stealth Bomber with Mop GBU-57

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. The bomber can deploy both conventional and thermonuclear weapons, such as eighty 500 lb-class JDAM GPS-guided bombs, or 16 2,400 lb B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration.

The B-2 is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles on internal fuel and over 10,000 nautical miles with one midair refueling. It entered service in 1997 as the second aircraft designed to have advanced stealth technology after the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk attack aircraft. Though designed originally as primarily a nuclear bomber, the B-2 was first used in combat, dropping conventional, non-nuclear ordnance in the Kosovo War in 1999. It later served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Features

• ModelCollect has followed up their previous B-2A release by adding a pair of Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) GBU-57 bombs and an all-new decal sheet!
• This is a plastic model kit that requires assembly. Glue and paint are required for assembly and are sold separately.
• The completed kit measures about 12" L x 28.5" W x 2.8" H.

Includes

• Plastic sprue (Gray) 1x
• Plastic sprue (Clear) 1x
• Photoetched fret (Black) 1x
• Decalsheet (waterslide)
• (Multi-Colored) 1x