Revealing the B-21: Why Northrop Grumman's announcement is a big deal

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Жыл бұрын

America's long-awaited and highly secretive B-21 Raider - potentially the stealthiest aircraft ever to fly - will finally be revealed later this year. According to announcements from the Air Force and Northrop Grumman, the unveiling will occur during the first week of December at Northrop's Palmdale, California facility.
This will be the first new stealth bomber revealed to the world in 34 years, and has the potential to dramatically increase America's lead in stealth aviation.
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"Method of Edge Waves in the Physical Theory of Diffraction": apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/A...
RAM: www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
New B-2 RAM: news.northropgrumman.com/news...
B-21 RAM quote: breakingdefense.com/2021/10/t...

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@bryonslatten3147
@bryonslatten3147 Жыл бұрын
When the last B-21 is retired to Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona the crew will be flown home in a B-52.
@jamesrwinters
@jamesrwinters Жыл бұрын
C-130 that first flew in 1954: "Am I a joke to you?"
@bluemarlin8138
@bluemarlin8138 Жыл бұрын
I’m convinced that B-52s will one day be fitted with warp engines and serve in Starfleet.
@IvanVladVodka
@IvanVladVodka Жыл бұрын
@@bluemarlin8138 The Romulans are gonna get some rolling thunder
@PrimalGemini85
@PrimalGemini85 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@ceddavis
@ceddavis Жыл бұрын
@@jamesrwinters “C-130 rolling down the strip…”
@calebblaha7854
@calebblaha7854 Жыл бұрын
The most unbelievable thing about this whole project is that it's apparently on time and on budget.
@wickendiana8310
@wickendiana8310 Жыл бұрын
For Northrop yeah lol
@vyros.3234
@vyros.3234 Жыл бұрын
Same with the NGAD. Maybe the DoD finally got its shit together. We also don't see the MIC having anywhere near much control and clout as it used too(2000s and 2010s). Maybe that has something to do with it.
@IvanMorningstar
@IvanMorningstar Жыл бұрын
So far …
@Dr.Westside
@Dr.Westside Жыл бұрын
NG got their shit together after the massive overruns of the B2 cost them the YF23 contract .
@lukasausen
@lukasausen Жыл бұрын
this is a "secret project" so i wouldnt be surprised that they have been pouring money on this project since the B2 rolled out and they just kept it a secret/ofuscated so we wont hate on the project.
@MrUwphotography
@MrUwphotography Жыл бұрын
I was flying to LA from the east coast 20 years ago. The pilot suggested that passengers on the left side of the plane should look above our plane. We were directly below a B2 on the same course. The second coolest thing I've ever seen from a jet liner. Number one was a space shuttle launch.
@trumanhw
@trumanhw Жыл бұрын
It's just hard to get the hornies over our military tech when we're killing Russians trying to save Ukraine's OWN CITIZENS from NAZIS!! Not because the Donbass, LPR, DPR, etc WANTED something other than to be LEFT ALONE ... (you know, like how Slovenia and Czech could just "vote their way out" ... ) But because the NAZIS in Keiv insisted they LIKE THE coup we finally succeeded at ... A coup that's _UTTERLY IRREFUTABLE_ ... has the exact consequence our current CIA director SAID it would have ... in his 2008 letter to Condoleezza Rice (Bush Admin) no matter WHO was the Pres. of Russia ... We're the nation that REFUSES to honestly state what our enemies problems with us are. Which is the FIRST STEP to resolving any problem. - Iraq had WMDs - Saddam ASKED US if he could invade Kuwait months before doing it. - Ritter TOLD US AND THE MEDIA, there ARE NO WMDs in Iraq. - There was no "ARAB SPRING" ... there were just CIA + and George Soros Coups (but I'm sure the CIA had NOTHING to do with the "summer of love." - There were no "COLOR REVOLUTIONS" ... the "Orange, Rose, etc., .... - There were just COUP D'ETATS, funded by the US. We succeeded pulling it off after we lied and sold the BS that Milosevic was a war criminal. (bullshit). Then replicated it while everyone was focused on Iraq ... after Putin let us use THEIR BASE to start bombing Afghanistan. We tried Ukraine in '04 & pretended "Russians just can't figure how to poison someone" after Yanukovych ALREADY WON!!! We then tried it in Belarus, and though he's a dictator, history tells us we'd install an even worse dictator. Then succeeded in Georgia, but that "totally peaceful, this is democracy" POS -Saakashvili- Sucksadiki had to flea bc the US hadn't first corrupted the parliament. Thus, when we did the 2nd coup in Ukraine, we already had over half of parliament on our payroll. Did you know that in addition to all the other money, YOU are paying the wages of their NAZI troops? At $5B every month, for over a year? Did you know we've been conducting "joint exercises with the Putsch Regime" in Keiv since 2015..? Listen to Mearsheimer's lecture to a group of IR PhDs and Professors ... and notice the question / statement not ONE asks: "Are you SURE we conducted a coup d'etat?" Or "I don't believe we committed a coup d'etat." They OUTLAWED THEIR LANGUAGE. And used their MILITARY to bomb them. NO ONE from the Donbass drove to Keiv to attack them. ALL deaths between armed belligerents in Ukraine between 2014-2022 ... required people TRAVEL to where people lived, and BOMB THEM / use ARTILLERY ... on CIVILIAN POPULATIONS. Then, two NATO members brokered a deal: France and Germany brokered the AUTONOMY of the Donbass between Keiv and the Donbass. Kiev never honored it. All they had to do was go home; they never did. And to this day, they shell RESIDENTIAL AREAS DEVOID of military value. Some of the most absurd lies told?? - Russia SHOOTS AT ITSELF ... while inside a nuclear reactor it controlled since MARCH. - Russia used a US HIMARS to target its own Military Personnel and Ukrainian NAZIS-POWs. - Russia blew up a pair of Pipelines (Nord Stream) that Germany BEGGED THEM to build right after Germans protested in SUPPORT OF RUSSIA: (CODE for, "WE NEED GAS PLEASE. Better still? That last lie was peddled by the SAME peddler who spells vilify "villify" ... in the declassified notes / words of Brennan documenting the lie Hillary made of Brennan in June 2016: Villify Trump claiming Russian FSB helping Trump to _DISTRACT FROM EMAILS_ ... and, in Oct 2020, proffered the "50 current & former intelligence officers called Hunter Biden's OWN LAPTOP ..... "Russian Disinformation." ). Disinfo Brennan put out via the VERY SAME channels who had to admit that his previous disinformation were lies also ... without ever mentioning the context of ANY statement by that charlaiton. I'd rather be VULNERABLE with a WEAK MILITARY then engage in this DEBAUCHERY, & morally BANKRUPT conduct. I served in the Marine Corps. Give other Marines the evidence, then, ask other Marines presented with the facts how they'd feel about going to war on another LIE. CIA got Obama's speech writer to slide a phrase before he anticipated their moves... Having called Chemical Weapons a "Red Line" they could FORCE Obama (via their media mouth pieces) into Syria. They forced the UN inspectors to LIE & pretend it was Syria who'd "crossed that red line." *Search: Seymour Hersh Chemical Lie* kzbin.info?search_query=Seymour+Hersh+Chemical+Lie Or explain how destroying a 3rd world nation (LIBYA'S) CIVILIAN access to RUNNING WATER helped the "moderate extremists" ..? Or how NATO is a defensive alliance when it attacked Libya? Or Serbia? Or why our CIA funded "moderates" were fighting the DIA funded moderates in Syria??? Once you understand that shit ... you'll see why the morality of pilots and officers can't protect us from immoral (evil) behavior.
@Charles-pf7zy
@Charles-pf7zy Жыл бұрын
Holy crap!! A space shuttle launch viewed from an airplane? I really need to live it up more
@imperialsecuritybureau6037
@imperialsecuritybureau6037 Жыл бұрын
Not a good day to be a passenger on the right side!
@jeffbenton6183
@jeffbenton6183 Жыл бұрын
@@Charles-pf7zy This popped up in my recommended feed awhile ago, sounds like you'd like it (it's a view of a space shuttle launch from an airliner). kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWK2nnaketF3l5I kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXbChoaGidKMjq8
@Davido50
@Davido50 Жыл бұрын
Very lucky indeed you are sir! -Ohio
@Scudboy17
@Scudboy17 Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that the wave of triangular UFO sighting things in the 70's and 80's suddenly made a whole lot more sense when the B-2 and F-117 we're revealed finally.
@lexwaldez
@lexwaldez Жыл бұрын
Makes you wonder what the "tic-tacs" are and when we'll find out about them. Probably... super fast drone cruise missile thingies.
@davids8536
@davids8536 Жыл бұрын
Ufos don't exist because we believe everything we see on T.V. or that the government tells us.
@regular7156
@regular7156 Жыл бұрын
​@@lexwaldez only thing is, who is it from? IF it's the US's, then they're denying it for classified reasons, but if its China or Russia or some hidden/lesser known adversaries's technology, then the US might be fucked cuz that "Tic-Tac" aircraft broke many laws of physics and could wipe out many new-gen fighter jets.
@blackhawk7r221
@blackhawk7r221 Жыл бұрын
You’ll notice that “tic-tacs” are only spotted in out two offshore training area airspaces.
@666theninja
@666theninja Жыл бұрын
Triangle UFOs were seen Hovering in the Famous 1990 Belgian wave of them (Google It), B2 and F117 do not Hover at all yet the Black Triangle UFOs do. The Phoenix Lights was not a B2 or F117 as reported by the 1000s of people that watched it.
@BV-fr8bf
@BV-fr8bf Жыл бұрын
"For the first time in 34 years, the world is about to get a new stealth bomber." *DAMN* am I old! I remember the B-2 rollout.
@Sir_Godz
@Sir_Godz Жыл бұрын
i remember f 18 roll out... ouch
@navret1707
@navret1707 Жыл бұрын
I even remember the Toyota commercial that almost stole the show for the B-2.
@stop736
@stop736 Жыл бұрын
I remember when the B2 and the F117 first came out and they were so strange compared to anything that came before them. I can’t believe how long ago that all was!
@DocWolph
@DocWolph Жыл бұрын
I remember when the B-1 was new... *Ow! My joints!*
@jasonswearingin1009
@jasonswearingin1009 Жыл бұрын
Talk about feeling old. I remember the F-117 becoming public knowledge. They didn't even announce it until people on both sides of the Gulf War and Desert Storm brought the F117 to the public's eye. So many UFO sightings from the 70's and up.
@tobycatVA
@tobycatVA Жыл бұрын
This time Northrop Grumman opens the hanger, the tow vehicle pulls out, there appears to be nothing behind it or in the hanger, the general says "There she is folks."
@sjsomething4936
@sjsomething4936 Жыл бұрын
Nice one 😂😂😂
@jeromebarry1741
@jeromebarry1741 Жыл бұрын
They could do that by having the attendees, press, Russians and Chinese in a theatre viewing a radar display looking at the hangar.
@stop736
@stop736 Жыл бұрын
“Ain’t she a beauty? Now don’t forget to sign that NDA the Captain is handing out before you leave” 😂
@peceed
@peceed Жыл бұрын
It is a Russian stealth in action, actually.
@sjsomething4936
@sjsomething4936 Жыл бұрын
@@peceed 🤣🤣 love it
@b.thomas8926
@b.thomas8926 Жыл бұрын
If you were part of the Soviet air defense network, seeing the B-2 roll out had to be incredibly concerning.
@HubertofLiege
@HubertofLiege Жыл бұрын
Interesting timing
@kimhorton6109
@kimhorton6109 Жыл бұрын
I wish my dad was still here to see this. He was a Deputy Commander of Maintenance in Guam when they transitioned to the B52 from the B47 that he flew. Before he left the Air Force after 33 years he was in charge of writing the book on how to perform maintenance for the B52. This aircraft is just crazy cool.
@bobcolton3027
@bobcolton3027 Жыл бұрын
Very cool. My Dad was a Crew Chief on the PBY Catalina's flying out of Australia during WW2. i still have his flight logs. Crazy times.
@onebridge7231
@onebridge7231 Жыл бұрын
The B2 is wickedly wild and futuristic that I forget how old it is. 🤷‍♂️ Still one of my favorite airplanes to see in flight.
@kanzeon7729
@kanzeon7729 Жыл бұрын
Agree. It's design is timeless
@TheJBerg
@TheJBerg Жыл бұрын
Saw a B2 in the sky back in like 1993 or 5 as a kid on Sunday morning driving into church. Freaked us all out and we pulled over to see what this crazy box in the sky was. Finally realized it was a plane, read in the paper the following morning that it was a B2 that had flown through the local AF base.
@beaconblaster33
@beaconblaster33 Жыл бұрын
@@TheJBerg box?
@tech5298
@tech5298 Жыл бұрын
One flew over Costco the other day it was pretty cool
@-p2349
@-p2349 Жыл бұрын
@@beaconblaster33 I’m sure many people thought it was a UFO
@bryonslatten3147
@bryonslatten3147 Жыл бұрын
6:00 The star logo painted onto the flightline out of B-2 profiles is still badass 34 years later.
@9HighFlyer9
@9HighFlyer9 Жыл бұрын
It's even cooler that they weren't really showing top down views of the plane during the rollout. Unless I missed it somewhere it was all from +-30° off the nose. Even the shadow on the ground was obscured.
@superwout
@superwout Жыл бұрын
Amen. I still have newspaper clipping...
@paulricketts1089
@paulricketts1089 Жыл бұрын
...I never noticed that until 10 minutes ago........
@-GBD-
@-GBD- Жыл бұрын
Great design work! I'm sure the new plane is remotely controlled...no good need for pilots in the plane these days
@jaybee9269
@jaybee9269 Жыл бұрын
@@-GBD- >> No, the Raider will still be piloted.
@VentiVonOsterreich
@VentiVonOsterreich Жыл бұрын
I'm glad Jack Northrop's legacy still shines today despite his flying wing projects failing A year before Northrop died to old age, he was shown blueprints and a scale model of the B-2 Spirit. Northrop reportedly teared up and whispered "now I realize why God kept me alive for so long"
@scottstewart5784
@scottstewart5784 Жыл бұрын
Northrop got special clearance from the Government because he wasn't cleared anymore. Great gesture.
@DefinitelyNotEmma
@DefinitelyNotEmma Жыл бұрын
A true aviation legend
@tammywehner3269
@tammywehner3269 Жыл бұрын
where did Ole Jackie boy get his inspiration, the crazy horton brothers!!! flight is ever soaring!!
@tmt8425
@tmt8425 Жыл бұрын
I have seen a program on History channel or similar channel. They said the showed Jack the B-2 mock-up before the B-2 was public. He supposedly had a tear in his eyes. His most ambitious project finally was to be completed.
@MoraleIsHigh
@MoraleIsHigh Жыл бұрын
@@tammywehner3269 Jack Northrop had ideas for flying wings separate from the Horten brothers. His XP-56 was built completely independent of Horten designs or inspiration. The "Horten inspired Northrop" is a myth spread by Wehraboos.
@roblockhart6104
@roblockhart6104 Жыл бұрын
Nice to know that just prior to his death, Jack Northrop was informed of the B-2 program, given its very classified top secret status. The emotion and delayed gratification he must have felt knowing his life long passion and legacy would live on had to be incredibly redeeming, satisfying and heartwarming all at the same time. And just a little tidbit: Russia never had, or invested in the super computer technology needed to calculate the rcs of a planes surface area from every angle. Therfore, they saw no value in Ufimtsev's work and allowed him to publish his findings.
@SCIFIguy64
@SCIFIguy64 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t Russia believe semiconductors were a fad and kept using tubes for way too long?
@halfspin8
@halfspin8 Жыл бұрын
@@SCIFIguy64 Probably one of the reasons China really wants Taiwan.
@mrbaab5932
@mrbaab5932 Жыл бұрын
I remember back in the 1980's when the Soviets would buy Texas Instruments Speak and Spells to get the commercial chips from them.
@BoraHorzaGobuchul
@BoraHorzaGobuchul Жыл бұрын
@@SCIFIguy64 maybe they did, maybe they didn't. There's a bunch of factors involved. - people tend to claim they don't need something which is hard for them to attain - dictatorships/totalitarian states trend to micromanage everything including science, with poor results - people are promoted to key positions (including in science and military) on the basis of political and personal loyalty, not achievement, which generally reduces capability - even a loyal leader, if too capable, is in danger of replacement as he (a) poses danger to his superiors and/or the dictator, as well as to his peers, so he often is removed, often with extreme prejudice - smart people tend to leave such countries if possible, or not to "stick out" for above reasons and for lack of compensation as it tends to be unfair - science tends to stagnate without international communication - same for manufacturing - people and enterprises fear that their property may be taken from them by the state or corrupt officials so do not drive for achievement, particularly that which is capex-intensive as most advanced tech is The list goes on.
@ericray7173
@ericray7173 Жыл бұрын
My father was a Project Manager for the B-2 Bomber project...I think, maybe he didn't make PM until J-Star. He died back in 2001 but I'm watching this for you Dad! I can only imagine how pumped you would've been about this!
@savagespud8038
@savagespud8038 Жыл бұрын
Ur dad sounds like the sickest man there is man !
@trumptookthevaccine1679
@trumptookthevaccine1679 Жыл бұрын
Which campus?
@232pm
@232pm Жыл бұрын
Hi Eric, did your father ever disclose anything or say anything regarding the alledged electrogravitic flight mode / technology alleged to be on some / all of the b2`s? as per the well known aviation weekly interview / article with one of the b2 pilots?
@HuNtS105
@HuNtS105 Жыл бұрын
@@232pm nice try, FBI
@232pm
@232pm Жыл бұрын
@@HuNtS105 lol, yeah no... i`m a witness and whistleblower, just so you know.
@thatonejerry9092
@thatonejerry9092 Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how the US managed to put out 2 different stealth bombers before its allies and enemies alike could create one. We have plenty of area to improve, but somewhere we won’t be beat for a while is the air. Edit: It’s done. The b21 has been revealed. On budget and on time.
@williamdrijver4141
@williamdrijver4141 Жыл бұрын
It will be several years before the B-21 will be operational. I have no idea how far the Chinese are with their bomber program(s)?
@sophrapsune
@sophrapsune Жыл бұрын
Stalin once noted that “Quantity has a quality all of its own”, but that observation certainly does not apply to the famously expensive B-2.
@Appletank8
@Appletank8 Жыл бұрын
@@sophrapsune Turns out Quality can get good enough to overpower a good number of Quantity, and have pilots survive to train new ones.
@sophrapsune
@sophrapsune Жыл бұрын
@@Appletank8 That’s just a description of what quality is, but it can only have the impact permitted by its sortie rate: numbers, endurance & maintainability.
@DOI_ARTS
@DOI_ARTS Жыл бұрын
3, the F117 is a bomber with fighter designation
@stevenbroome2520
@stevenbroome2520 Жыл бұрын
I was stationed at MacDill AFB, One of the B2's landed there for a few days, I was leaving base one day on my way back home and it just happened to be taking off as I did. The size of it was massive, it's amazing to think something that large can be that stealthy.
@JojoAndTheMansJetsAdventures
@JojoAndTheMansJetsAdventures Жыл бұрын
I live near Whiteman AFB and I see/hear the Stealths fly over my house almost every week day. It's amazing because you don't hear it until you see it. And you don't see it until you hear it. It never gets old.
@kotylee7722
@kotylee7722 Жыл бұрын
Seeing the aircraft fly over right as you went through the dale mabry gate was always one of the best parts about macdill to me
@mattfleming86
@mattfleming86 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the B2 twice. Once at Whitman AFB (from several hundred yards away) and a fly over at an airshow. Amazing plane. I think the B21's physical appearance is a gross understatement of its capabilities. Also a sad aside.. RIP to the AMAZING Bone. One of the coolest planes ever created. I still think we need a B1"c" upgrade with all the chooch of the A, and the stealth coatings and electronics from the new toys instead of retirement.
@richardjackson1627
@richardjackson1627 Жыл бұрын
As an unrepentant geek on the subject of stealth, the B-21 Raider will be a significant change in the power projection of US. The leverage of tech and the incredible security to guard its' latest capability is amazing. Outstanding job Brother Alex. One of these days you need to look at race to stealth, how we are cruising at the spot we are now. I contend the NGAD system of systems will have a very Raider like component in its' array. One sad note, the B-1 deserves better credit than it receives in terms of capability and what it has delivered.
@Chuck8541
@Chuck8541 Жыл бұрын
The B-1 has always been the sexiest plane. I almost got a ride in a B-1 while at an exercise. I was aircrew, but I didn’t have ejection seat training. Sad, sad, day for me. lol
@grayman556
@grayman556 Жыл бұрын
America 🇺🇸 must develop and implement the B 1 R. Imagine Iran taking a pounding from the B ONE R 😂
@Inertia888
@Inertia888 Жыл бұрын
@@Chuck8541 Sexiest is absolutely the best description of B-1. Those curves are sleek.
@protorhinocerator142
@protorhinocerator142 Жыл бұрын
Correct. It's an all-new type of weapons platform, not just a regular replacement for the B-1. It's going to bomb a whole new way. Just like the NGAD won't be a regular aircraft. It will be a whole new system for rapidly making and upgrading aircraft, more like the leap to interchangeable parts. Then if some new weapon or whatever becomes available, the NGAD system should be able to incorporate that into aircraft design and 6 months later the new planes are being produced. Procurement has gotten insanely expensive and takes years and years. The NGAD will shave years off the procurement time, thereby reducing cost significantly. At least that's what they're saying. That way you don't need to buy 500 F-22 aircraft to keep the cost low, then keep cutting back to save money, and end up with 100 or so that might be obsolete or worn out by the time they enter service. You can witness the war in Ukraine, figure out the main capability gap, add that to the design, and real fast make 10 of them for a comparatively low cost.
@steveperreira5850
@steveperreira5850 Жыл бұрын
Frankly, I think most of them will be destroyed on the ground in a real war. Unless you hide them and have a lot of decoys. Well it’s no good if it can’t get off the ground in three minutes. To tell you the truth, these are dinosaurs. Unmanned is the future. With people on board is a disaster. Pilots are the weakest link, by far. I know, I’m a pilot.
@sdfg88
@sdfg88 Жыл бұрын
It's not just stealth getting 30 years of development since the B-2. It's also aircraft engines, composite materials, computer processing power for avionics, communications, etc etc
@exactlybasically8603
@exactlybasically8603 Жыл бұрын
That thing is going to have VR and wall to wall touchscreens.
@markusweissenbock6337
@markusweissenbock6337 Жыл бұрын
@@exactlybasically8603 not until SpaceX had its part in development ;)
@reaganharder1480
@reaganharder1480 Жыл бұрын
I am really curious how much actual advancement there is in avionics, because already the B2 has some pretty advanced avionics in there. Unsure if carbon composites will end up being used in the B21, but that's one area that's definitely seen lots of development and widespread adoption. Combine that with improvements in engines and I wouldn't be surprised to see the B21 with a meaningfully longer operating range.
@KunuMcGruder
@KunuMcGruder Жыл бұрын
@@reaganharder1480 many people don't realize that the B2 along with other stealth aircraft are regularly being upgraded. Obviously the B2's shape and radar absorbent material coating the aircraft play a significant part in it being stealth. However, given the most technological advancements in its computing abilities, the B2 still remains second to none. It's no longer just its shape and coating that keeps it stealthy, but also utilizes resources simultaneously from satelites, air resources, land resources, and sea resources. All of those resources work together simultaneously in a coordinated effort to ensure the B2's stealthy effectiveness.
@alanfenick1103
@alanfenick1103 Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate you giving credit to the actual background and originators of the theories of stealth! Well done!
@grzegorzstyrna26
@grzegorzstyrna26 Жыл бұрын
On time and on budget. A miracle.
@donfreeman8920
@donfreeman8920 Жыл бұрын
Yep 👍🏾
@jimmy-et1pm
@jimmy-et1pm Жыл бұрын
Thats whats most impressive...these days. Would love to Northrup get back into commercial aviation....A bat winged commercial jet would END stick and wing planes...EFFICIENT.
@donfreeman8920
@donfreeman8920 Жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏🏿
@RaDeus87
@RaDeus87 Жыл бұрын
It makes me glad that the guy behind the original flying wing got to see the early versions of the B-2 bomber before he died.
@mauriceclemens3286
@mauriceclemens3286 Жыл бұрын
The”Guy” was Jack Northrop.
@RaDeus87
@RaDeus87 Жыл бұрын
@@mauriceclemens3286 I tried to look it up before I posted, I heard it in a video, but I couldn't be sure if it was Jack or not. So I choose to be vague 😅
@DOI_ARTS
@DOI_ARTS Жыл бұрын
That guys name is the first name of the Company 😂😂😂
@forcedanonymity1791
@forcedanonymity1791 Жыл бұрын
I find it hard to believe you guys DON’T know about the stealthy flying wing Nazi Germany ‘Wonder Weapon’ found and confiscated by US soldiers in 1944-45, along with German engineers and scientist’s (operation paper clip) given the striking physical similarities between that bomber and the B-2 so many decades later. So far ahead of it’s time, it’s scary but impresssive, as many of the ‘Wonder Weapon’s’ of the 3rd Reich were. Today’s reality might be far different if bonehead Hitler wouldn’t have called off funding for the advanced weapons research during the middle years of WWII until the Nazi’s became more desperate for a direction-changing technology to emerge that would route the technological advancements of the Allie’s which had the benefit of extended range and resources away from the battlefield.
@huntercooke9592
@huntercooke9592 Жыл бұрын
@We All Laugh Down Here yea ppl don't like to admit the Horten Brothers helped the development of flying wings. They were good guys
@PiersLawsonBrown1972
@PiersLawsonBrown1972 Жыл бұрын
This all just goes to show how far ahead of his time that Jack Northrop was, a true aviation legend.
@randomblacktemplar738
@randomblacktemplar738 Жыл бұрын
@Karma Mechanic a fighter made from wood? This is not WW1
@AutomaticJack
@AutomaticJack Жыл бұрын
From what I understand of the subject, some people inside the project lobbied hard to get him a special clearance waver so he could see the, then still in production, B2 before he died... Apparently he broke down crying and and said, "now I know why God has kept me alive all these years..."
@kevlar7669
@kevlar7669 Жыл бұрын
Jack Northrop. Cheers!
@ayuchanayuko
@ayuchanayuko Жыл бұрын
It was sad to see how Jack didnt see how his "failed" boomerang plane evolve into the B2 Spirit.
@LRRPFco52
@LRRPFco52 Жыл бұрын
Northrop's and Horton brothers' work was independent of each other, and contemporary, without knowledge of each other.
@mycroft16
@mycroft16 Жыл бұрын
Oh man, I remember the B2 and F117 from my childhood. I had little die cast models of them. The B21 sounds incredible. Can not wait to see those hangar doors slide open again. Those crazy engineers over at Northrop just keep knocking it out of the park. And as sad as I will be to see the Lancer go, the B21 looks awesome in the rendering. I think we also really need to give props to Northrop for their project security on this. You're right, the fact that not a single byte of information has leaked on this thing in 7 years is unprecedented. That's real steal right there.
@1Tankmarine
@1Tankmarine Жыл бұрын
Saw a B2 once while in the Marines and I was impressed and now having a B21 in our inventory, I can only imagine what this aircraft can do.
@justinpaul3110
@justinpaul3110 Жыл бұрын
Even 30 years after it came out seeing the b-2 bomber still gives me goosebumps. I'm beyond excited to hear this news about the b21
@peterweller8583
@peterweller8583 Жыл бұрын
Times that by infinity if an Russian interceptor pilot saw one.
@samuraicheems9504
@samuraicheems9504 Жыл бұрын
@@peterweller8583 even then it’ll be impossible to intercept one, Russian Air Force haven’t even intercepted atleast one B-2 let alone the B-21 and plus the B-21 not even commissioned yet. We saw how the Russian Air Force performed during your special military operation in Ukraine, It wasn’t pretty let me you.
@burnerjack01
@burnerjack01 Жыл бұрын
It's like "That time Batman needed a plane".
@1911wood
@1911wood Жыл бұрын
A few years ago the Liberty Memorial in KC turned 100. Of course there were speeches and a B2 flyby but that wasn’t all. Throughout the day multiple B2’s were flitting about the city like birds. I looked up to see one flying down Universal at at 200’. I was pumping gas 100 yds away. It was breathtaking. Those guys can turn and burn too, it’s very cool to see one standing on a wingtip. The Royals/Chiefs flyby’s are fun not only at the stadiums but my neighborhood as well. It seems the plane(s) orbit the area around my house. This is because the flight time from this area to the stadium is the correct time to allow the plane to arrive for “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. So when the singer starts singing the anthem the plane leaves the orbit and passes over the drive in theater at the correct speed and altitude. Here a few years ago on the day of the Royals home opener it was quite overcast but the low clouds were opening up. I sat in the lot of a school and listened to the distinctive sound. Occasionally you would catch glimpses in the thin areas of cloud. In one view the plane came out of the cloud standing on its wing with vapor forming and disappearing over the wings. I got those chills.
@scottgrasher5387
@scottgrasher5387 Жыл бұрын
@@1911wood I live in northern Independence & anytime they do a Chiefs/Royal event they fly in a circle over my house. So loud, proud, & impressive.
@navret1707
@navret1707 Жыл бұрын
I got lucky to see the B-2 way back when. I was at an event just north of Baltimore at a building that doesn’t exist. I happened to look up and saw the B-2 in a turn. When she went wings level the only way to find it was by the two F-4 smokers, one off each wing. She just visually disappeared. Amazing aircraft. I can’t wait for the 21.
@Elthenar
@Elthenar Жыл бұрын
I got lucky enough to see one when it flew over the Super Bowl in Tampa. It was a B-1B, a B-2 and a B-52 in formation, just awesome. I still get a little chill thinking about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKKydXVti81lp7M
@GonzoDonzo
@GonzoDonzo Жыл бұрын
They used to come in about 500 feet above me where i worked in ca in the 90's. Usually at night.
@mikester1290
@mikester1290 Жыл бұрын
Ive had the same visual disappearance thing when she goes side on, very impressive to see, or not see even.
@1Tankmarine
@1Tankmarine Жыл бұрын
I love how you say at a building that doesn't exist. Sounds like something I would say in my days in the military.
@jacobveryberry
@jacobveryberry Жыл бұрын
my grandpa worked in complete secrecy on the design for some b2 wing structures/panels back in the 80's.... I wasn't born until the 90's but I've learned to have a grasp on the immense pride he had as an engineer. I've seen a b2 on the ground one time in my life and they're truly incredible.
@MistahFox
@MistahFox Жыл бұрын
My dad was in Europe at the B2's first reveal to the public outside America. It flew in silently over the runway and then roared to life, shooting straight up into the sky with the loudest noise he'd ever heard to return to base.
@pault5356
@pault5356 Жыл бұрын
RAF Fairford?
@cgas7344
@cgas7344 Жыл бұрын
Wow ....ur daddy was overwhelmed by that!! Get a life
@NoName-ds5uq
@NoName-ds5uq Жыл бұрын
As an Australian I love these new developments in stealth. As a former Radar Plot in the RAN I can certainly attest to the fidelity of lower frequency radars too. I remember the old Delta band LW02 sets… Wouldn’t it be nice if the aircraft were made available to Australia under the AUKUS agreement? We’ve previously asked the US about making the F-22 available, as has Japan, but those were declined long before the AUKUS agreement. Prior to our current fleet of F/A-18Fs we had a long history with the F-111C and G. We lack that long range strike capability now, and for a country this size we need it!
@ncrawford1488
@ncrawford1488 Жыл бұрын
I wish you could too, but from what I hear from people who live in Australia and other previous “dream endings” for Americans, things have gone way off track there and you have a government that is basically socialist. Not that I can talk being from the USA. A famous Norwegian recently visited me, and he said that I have no idea how great I have it. He called the current US administration “communist”- his words, not mine, but that we were destroying this country faster than he ever thought possible. He said Norway is shit now. He hates it and can’t believe that Americans are voting for bureaucrats and lefties just like ruined Norway. I’m a right-wing guy and make no apologies for it. By that, I mean less government control, strong law enforcement, big military, and respect for the constitution- especially the 2A.
@assertivekarma1909
@assertivekarma1909 Жыл бұрын
Australians have always been splendid allies on the battlefield and some of the best people to grab a pint with.
@chrishewitt1165
@chrishewitt1165 Жыл бұрын
Our defence minister did show interest in the b21 after the visit by the b2s, which had been here for a month. 🤞
@NoName-ds5uq
@NoName-ds5uq Жыл бұрын
@@assertivekarma1909 I’ve never been drunk under the table other than by a few pommy sailors from Ark Royal in Sydney. A pint? Those blokes knew how to drink!
@assertivekarma1909
@assertivekarma1909 Жыл бұрын
@@NoName-ds5uq work hard play hard, but let's not regularly succumb to substance abuse, that weakens us as cultures when excessive. Cheers
@tacticalmattfoley
@tacticalmattfoley Жыл бұрын
Two generations of advanced stealth technology ahead of the B2 Spirit...yet, no leaked pictures in 7 years of development. Sounds like the stealth tech is working, folks.
@anotheralpharius2056
@anotheralpharius2056 Жыл бұрын
the "reveal" will just be an empty hanger
@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10
@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10 Жыл бұрын
@@anotheralpharius2056 then it would suddenly appear like harry taking off the invisibility cloak
@alexanderkareh6832
@alexanderkareh6832 Жыл бұрын
@@anotheralpharius2056 the first time we’ll actually see anything about it, it’ll be after it drops bombs on actual targets 😂
@gorenator
@gorenator Жыл бұрын
That, and they don't tell you what you're building when you're building it, and they don't allow any electronics, and if you break clearance you lose it forever and go to prison. Plus they pay you good.
@aviecenna8579
@aviecenna8579 Жыл бұрын
Cloaking technology confirmed. They'll be calling it the Bird-of-Prey
@porscheguy09
@porscheguy09 Жыл бұрын
When the B-2 was revealed in 1988 I was 12 years old and loved everything that had to do with aviation. Especially military aircraft. I remember how mind blowing and awesome the B-2 was. I’m 46 years old now and still have never seen a B-2 in person. I can’t imagine what the B-21 will be like but I doubt it will have the same impact on me that the B-2 had on me at 12.
@_-Freeman-_
@_-Freeman-_ Жыл бұрын
Being able to tune your radar absorbent material to specific types of radar sounds like the stuff of science fiction movies to me... And it's Northrop Grumman, so you know it's going to be good.
@AdmiralPreparedness
@AdmiralPreparedness Жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to be hired as a Systems Support Facilities Technician at the B-2 Flight Test Facility at Edwards A.F.B, CA at the beginning of the bombers lengthy flight test program. I was able to gain access the bombers flight deck to connect test cables to the aircraft during grounds tests that were conducted before any test flight. I met the pilots for every test vehicle that was stationed at the facility. My most favorite memory while I worked there was getting to talk to retired Air Force General Charles (Chuck) Yeager. It was fun working there and I left to take my life long dream job at NASA Dryden.
@Istandby666
@Istandby666 Жыл бұрын
I remember riding across the new B-2 hangar area when it was an iron frame. There's another building basically on the lake bed we we're headed towards.
@Istandby666
@Istandby666 Жыл бұрын
I meet Yeager at the Mojave Airport when Dick Rutan, Jenny Yeager(no relations), and Burt Rutan had the showing of the Voyager. I remember Chuck being a complete dick, a pilot....lol
@abramson262
@abramson262 Жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS THIS STEALTH EAGLE
@Brandonthesnifferofall
@Brandonthesnifferofall Жыл бұрын
🇺🇸🦅
@edwardfletcher7790
@edwardfletcher7790 Жыл бұрын
God bless the caps lock button 😜 LoL
@hailandfire1822
@hailandfire1822 Жыл бұрын
America's air force in the 22nd Century: B-91 Super Raider, the first invisible bomber, the F-72 Space Superiority Fighter, the F-75 single engine space superiority fighter, and the B-52 Stratofortress.
@michaeltheoret3842
@michaeltheoret3842 Жыл бұрын
You forgot the A-10 Thunderbolt II and the C-130 Super Hercules . Those Birds will still be in the air .
@drew65sep
@drew65sep Жыл бұрын
Lol...great sarcasm. Flew over 90% of Yoo-Boobers tho.
@quakethedoombringer
@quakethedoombringer Жыл бұрын
@@michaeltheoret3842 I am not sure if the A 10 will stay around that long. Its role as a cheap, reliable CAS has largely been displaced by gunship version of Cessna or drones. With the advancement of SAM technology and kamikaze drones, it will not be worth the risk of pilots or money
@anydaynow01
@anydaynow01 Жыл бұрын
@@quakethedoombringer I think the A-10s role will change like the B-52 and will be much more of missile truck like the B-52 is, after all the thing can loiter near a battlefield for hours with 10 tonnes of missiles (eventually drones) on its racks and return home with nearly half the aircraft blown away and swish cheesed up. Rumor has it that DARPA and Raytheon are working on a standoff munitions control, kind of like a drone mothership with swarm tech where the munitions are piloted directly by the JTAC and FACs keeping the A-10 and AHs out of harm's way for the most part. So a loitering A-10 can drop a missile on an enemy in less than ten minutes (instead of waiting over an hour for the hit and get aircraft to be briefed and fly out to the trouble spot) then clean up with gun runs before being relieved on station by more A-10s.
@quakethedoombringer
@quakethedoombringer Жыл бұрын
@@anydaynow01 that's actually not a bad idea. A 10 has more weapon and fuel capacity than a Predator. The Gau 8 can (theoretically) be removed to put in sensors. So you can have a really durable "mother ship" carrying drones and missiles
@eddiec4536
@eddiec4536 Жыл бұрын
Great info. I retired from Boeing in Palmdale and did contract work for Northrop Grumman in Palmdale as well. Worked on the B2 during its black world days. I am really excited to see what this new B21 can do and how it flyers. Here in Palmdale/Lancaster area we see B2's coming and going each month for service at the same Northrop Grumman facility. Great video and information.
@khandimahn9687
@khandimahn9687 Жыл бұрын
On time and on budget? That's pretty rare these days.
@fredbecker607
@fredbecker607 Жыл бұрын
I seem to remember a president that was pushing that concept of on time and budget. Even airforce one cost was reduced.
@kestrel2120
@kestrel2120 Жыл бұрын
I rented a garage back in 95 that was near the end of the runway at the local AFB, just before dusk I heard a plane taking off I did not recognize , I ran outside tripping over everything in my way ...To see the Beautiful and awesome B-2 clearing the tree line as it raced skyward ...As I jumped up and down with excitement😄 . I hope I have the opportunity to see a B-21 someday also 😊
@martinoamello3017
@martinoamello3017 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Dayton Ohio right by Wright Patterson AFB.. There were all kinds of things flying around we'd never seen before. Everyone said they were alien spacecraft kept in the big hangers under the hills at the end of Patterson field..
@michaeltheoret3842
@michaeltheoret3842 Жыл бұрын
@@kestrel2120 ,Back in 1987 when I was in the Air Force ( stationed at Minot ) ,I saw the F117 Nighthawk "that really did not take off" but I saw It anyhow . All different kinds of Aircraft landed there ,including those " Mystery - You actually DID NOT see That" Aircraft. Err, hopefully , I'm not on a "list" now for typing this 😬😬😬.
@Bryan-ww3bx
@Bryan-ww3bx Жыл бұрын
What is insane is this has probably been flown for a decade at least already. B-2 was first flown in 89 but publicly acknowledged in 97
@rickhenkle7778
@rickhenkle7778 Жыл бұрын
Went to a Chiefs football game years ago, at the end of the pre-game stuff, a B-2 flew over the stadium with 2 escorts. The B-2 flew low, like it was just above the stadium.. Thing was Hugh!!! Most awesome plane I've ever seen!!!!!!!
@garypease7414
@garypease7414 Жыл бұрын
I'm old enough to remember the a10 roll-out and the ah-1 cobra. This new stuff is wildly innovative, but in the end, we'll still need all we have flying today. And probably many, many more.
@battlebornsupermoto954
@battlebornsupermoto954 Жыл бұрын
The a10 is still innovative.
@steveshoemaker6347
@steveshoemaker6347 Жыл бұрын
l am so proud to be an American Veteran in my 80's....l have seen so many changes in aircraft....Thanks Alex and just hope l live long enough to see it in Dec.......Shoe🇺🇸
@sjsomething4936
@sjsomething4936 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service! My generation owes you a debt of gratitude.
@steveshoemaker6347
@steveshoemaker6347 Жыл бұрын
@@sjsomething4936 No my friend l was just doing my job....My part was flying my F-4 Phantom over Vietnam...Thanks
@plaigeous
@plaigeous Жыл бұрын
Great vid, in fact all your vids are marvellous!
@thelaw300
@thelaw300 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for putting this together.
@Cheesedream
@Cheesedream Жыл бұрын
Russia’s stealth bomber has had a 10+ year setback. 🇺🇦 🚂 💥
@jeremijakrstic1968
@jeremijakrstic1968 Жыл бұрын
Russian stealth bomber program, among many others, paid for many mansions, yachts, private jets, supercars, expensive gadgets, holidays. It paid for a false sense of wealth of insecure, mentally poor people that otherwise would have never even dream of being where they are now. And I couldn't be happier that they are the way they are. In the other words, WE ARE VERY LUCKY THEY ARE SO FCUKING STUPID. I hope that Ukrainians will help Russia to implode and fall apart. Patton was right, and it was doable back in the 1940s.
@tmike_tc
@tmike_tc Жыл бұрын
“Russian stealth bomber...” is an oxymoron.
@-p2349
@-p2349 Жыл бұрын
@@tmike_tc barely even a bomber
@LarryDickman1
@LarryDickman1 Жыл бұрын
Once they put on the rudimentary stealth coat on it, the forgot where they parked it last. Ivan had sold it for scrap to feed his family.
@darrenlane6316
@darrenlane6316 Жыл бұрын
No, it's so stealth that it doesn't exist. :p
@a13Banger
@a13Banger Жыл бұрын
Man, I love this channel! Keep up the awesome work!
@NeverlandSystemZor
@NeverlandSystemZor Жыл бұрын
I remember watching these fly around SoCal when my dad was stationed at Edwards AFB (a test base for the B2 at the time). It was neat. Always brought people out and about to a stand-still.
@archjen
@archjen Жыл бұрын
Great Video! Thank you for your efforts…
@sp00f64
@sp00f64 Жыл бұрын
Awesome job as usual! Thanks Alex! With the significant advances in new adaptive engines and newer Ceramic based Ram, the combat factor gets a significant boost. The newer RAM, can also tolerate something like 3000 degrees no?, so less maintenance, and for fighters, that's huge, cuz they don't have to let off the gas after 5 minutes, with No damage to RAM....we just have to wait for it...amazing stuff. All kinds of new toys coming out...we will really need them if the trends continue.
@bjbeardse
@bjbeardse Жыл бұрын
What is more shocking is that a defence contract is on-time and on-budget....
@trumptookthevaccine1679
@trumptookthevaccine1679 Жыл бұрын
:)
@darksu6947
@darksu6947 Жыл бұрын
It's an eight pound, six ounce, newborn baby Jesus miracle!
@BinauralBae
@BinauralBae Жыл бұрын
Growing up I knew a Night Hawk pilot. It's crazy to see how far we have come with stealth.
@patgiblinsongs5
@patgiblinsongs5 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Alex! Another excellent video!
@snipes61025
@snipes61025 Жыл бұрын
Hey Alex, Another great video. Have you ever thought about doing a who lost the competition and what designs were not chosen video. For example: What other designs were submitted during the B-1 program. I've never seen a video covering this subject. We all know about the YF-23 but many other ( Tried but but missed) designs stay unspoken for. Again great job and as always very informative!
@rcasparb
@rcasparb Жыл бұрын
In the book by Ben Rich of Skunk Works he talks about their proposal for the new stealth bomber. It was basically a scaled up version of the F117. Given that the design was proven it would have been much cheaper than the B2 to build. As luck would have it, the choice of the B2 was definitely the right one. I think we all know that if Darth Vader were to join the Air Force there is only one plane he would allow himself to be seen in.
@robertojofre15
@robertojofre15 Жыл бұрын
Great video and great job explaining in depth the origins of stealth
@frankmitchell2081
@frankmitchell2081 Жыл бұрын
Great job keep em coming
@kilroy914
@kilroy914 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you!
@Mntnphotog
@Mntnphotog Жыл бұрын
"On time and on budget." What are these strange words you speak?
@Zetler
@Zetler Жыл бұрын
Jesus. This took me back to the chills of seeing B-2 for the first time. I can’t believe it was all the way back in 1988.
@markhuebner7580
@markhuebner7580 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Great overview Alex!
@papavictor3691
@papavictor3691 Жыл бұрын
I got my Security Clearance in 1981 and started testing components of the Airborne Radar ahead of the B2 Mainframe being built. I am still amazed when I see the B2 flying.
@tc1718
@tc1718 Жыл бұрын
These are amazing times with incredible planes, but think of those they haven't told us about yet!
@arturasstatkus8613
@arturasstatkus8613 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@mrwhatever9025
@mrwhatever9025 Жыл бұрын
True that, a slide of hand. Some of these stealth aircraft at there reveals probably slightly differ from the real ready combat-ready aircraft plus the many things these new high-tech aircraft are capable of are top secret.
@Qingeaton
@Qingeaton Жыл бұрын
Our property is located in an area that seems to be the turn around spot for B2 operating out of Whiteman AFB. It's pretty cool to see them make the turn above us and head back home. We see them a few times a year, when we happen to be outside as they pass by.
@Angellord2k5
@Angellord2k5 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex. I appreciate your reporting
@stefanlaskowski6660
@stefanlaskowski6660 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing F-117s flying out of Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico for training missions. They were always accompanied by a jet trainer so their location could be tracked on radar.
@battlebornsupermoto954
@battlebornsupermoto954 Жыл бұрын
What was between the f111 and f117?
@prjndigo
@prjndigo Жыл бұрын
I saw B2 flying west over Illinois in 1987. Took one hell of a perfect collusion of conditions and knowing what I was looking at. Too high and slow to be anything else of its size and the air conditions were perfect.
@tyrelli001
@tyrelli001 Жыл бұрын
In Vegas they always fly in pairs. If you see the first one wait a minute and look at the one following.
@MeBallerman
@MeBallerman Жыл бұрын
No you did not. The B2 first flew in 1989. Meh...
@HalOBrien
@HalOBrien Жыл бұрын
It was the F-117 Stealth Fighter that was just shocking. No one knew it was in the works. That was because whenever something happened that might have brought it out into the open (a crash in the Tehachapi Mts., for instance), it would be attributed to the B-2 bomber. Having the 2nd program to run interference was brilliant.
@goruby2
@goruby2 Жыл бұрын
Awesome job Sandboxx
@Trojan0304
@Trojan0304 Жыл бұрын
Great update, best channel on KZbin 👍
@MurderMostFowl
@MurderMostFowl Жыл бұрын
Was out mowing the lawn about 10 years ago and a B2 flew over and slowly turned. I was staring up at it like I had just seen the starship enterprise in front of me. It was amazing.
@schweinhund7966
@schweinhund7966 Жыл бұрын
Having seen the B-52; B-1 and B-2 in flight….. esthetics-wise, the B-1 is still my favorite.
@ancaplanaoriginal5303
@ancaplanaoriginal5303 Жыл бұрын
sadly B-1 airframes are too beaten up and not worth overhauling them.
@larrysweetser4198
@larrysweetser4198 Жыл бұрын
Most importantly! Thank you Jack Northrop for his vision! Proud to be a Northrop team member and yes time goes by very fast.
@stevenhoman2253
@stevenhoman2253 Жыл бұрын
Somehow, I've watched the episodes in reverse order, though that matters little as both are fantastic news. I say that as a westerner, of course. I cannot imagine much joy in the hearts of fledgling adversaries. Though, as you may note from other comments, and with my support. The mighty B-52, being far cheaper to maintain per flight hour, will outlive many generations of its pilots.
@louisquatorze9280
@louisquatorze9280 Жыл бұрын
Excellent synopsis. Perhaps I'll get a chance to see the B-21 in night flight as I did the B-2 years ago as it flew low and slow toward Kirtland AFB.
@Shoot_and_Scoot
@Shoot_and_Scoot Жыл бұрын
Got to see a b2 flyover at a nfl game it was awesome
@julienrocher1
@julienrocher1 Жыл бұрын
In one way I want to see the B21, but in another way it is better to keep it secret from potential enemies and never show it
@XLA-zg1nn
@XLA-zg1nn Жыл бұрын
"on time and on budget' Amazing, really nailed this one
@TrawwMusic
@TrawwMusic Жыл бұрын
I am so excited for the unveiling of this
@gregderise9969
@gregderise9969 Жыл бұрын
Very exciting. I am always thrilled to listen to your explanations. I love Aviation, all Military Aviation in particular. Every type of flying machine in service. I grew up near Gulfport Field and got to watch almost every type of fighter from F-84s or 86s forward, transports from the smallest to the very latest beginning with C-119 Flying Boxcars, reconnaissance aircraft from the RF-101 Voodoo, and one bomber, the little B-57 Canberra. I would ride y bicycle the 3 long blocks and have fun hanging out watching from 50 yards away. Now the road has been moved because of 9/11 so if I still lived there it would be disappointing. I was lucky enough to spend many many hours there through the first, second, third, and fourth generation aircraft seeing everything Air National Guard units from many states brought to town for their annual intensive training exercises. A large variety of small to large and very large aircraft. An occasional Navy fighter, usual an F/A-18 but even an F-14 once in a while. All the keys and transports from the Vietnam era, and most before and after. From the 1950s through the early 2000s. I was spoiled! I often got off the end of the runways a short distance outside the airport boundaries to be under afterburners of many generations to the hair raising howl and swaying pine trees in vortices from F-4 Phantoms coming in over the strobes I was lying between. Lots of fun!
@matchesburn
@matchesburn Жыл бұрын
[Northrop managing to steal Lockheed's thunder and doing so purely accidentally] Never change, Northrop. Never change...
@rkerby6375
@rkerby6375 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely Amazing!
@craigkdillon
@craigkdillon Жыл бұрын
I think advancements in ECM and ECCM are just as important to the success of stealth as the shape and coatings of the aircraft. I also expect slave drone decoys to be used by our bombers to distract and confuse air defenses. I think stealth is both more advanced and more complex than it was at first.
@geoffreyroberts4695
@geoffreyroberts4695 Жыл бұрын
Australia needs to buy at least 24 of these, ASAP.
@SchlopFlopper
@SchlopFlopper Жыл бұрын
While it would be nice to sell these advanced aircraft to our allies, it can be almost guaranteed that it won’t happen. We aren’t even allowed to sell the F-22 to other countries so I’d guess we aren’t selling an advanced bomber.
@gigakrait5648
@gigakrait5648 Жыл бұрын
Australia can barely afford new subs being proposed to it let alone bombers like this. Something as top secret as this is never going to be sold to anyone outside of the US. It just ain't gonna happen. It's going to be a long time before the USAF sees the 100-200 they are planning on buying anyway and Australia wouldn't get priority access to these either so again, not gonna happen.
@None-if3mo
@None-if3mo Жыл бұрын
@@SchlopFlopper well An ally can be unreliable, so yeah better to sell it to a country who is very Pro US
@texasranger24
@texasranger24 Жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on the two upcoming helicopter replacement programs? Sikorsky has the S-97 Raider compete with the Bell+Textron 360 Invictus in the AAS / FARA (armed scout) program. Meanwhile, the Sikorsky+Boeing SB-1 Defiant competes with the Bell+Lockheed V280 Valor for the FVL (long-range lift) program. Given how the US defense industry works, it is likely that both companies get one contract each, to keep every factory running, everybody employed. So if you like both Sikorsky or both Bell designs, get ready for a disappointment. The Raider has troop capacity while the Invictus does not, but that gives the Invictus better stealth properties, just like the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche had. Not sure why they abandoned that design. Just to push a common scout and transport design when they know it's not very likely they'll get both contracts? The V280 seems to be the more mature design, faster and longer range. But the SB-1 might offer better handling and safety, as it is not a tilt rotor. And it's smaller, closer to the Blackhawk size. This might really go both ways.
@Zarathustra-H-
@Zarathustra-H- Жыл бұрын
I got to see a flyover by the B-2 Spirit at my cousins graduation from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in 2000. It was an experience I won't soon forget.
@cdp200442
@cdp200442 Жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget the roll out of the B-2 in 88 ..was so ahead of everything else.
@slickfast
@slickfast Жыл бұрын
Third time in history, the F-117 was definitely not anything other than a bomber! But I get and agree with your point, this is very exciting!
@michaelshortland8863
@michaelshortland8863 Жыл бұрын
One thing i have noticed about B-2 discussions, is that practically no one mentions the electric field the B-2 was built with, with the leading edge being positive and the tail stub being negative. The Air force acknowledged the field and said it aided stealth, but no one mentions it???
@RB-bd5tz
@RB-bd5tz Жыл бұрын
3:40 I always appreciated how the star gave a pre-reveal of the shape of the B-2. Pretty cheeky: hiding in plane sight!
@carolsipala1639
@carolsipala1639 Жыл бұрын
Good Job Peanut ! So proud of you !!
@DefinitelyNotEmma
@DefinitelyNotEmma Жыл бұрын
What I find really interesting is that the Xian H-20 will most likely enter service before the B-21. Which makes you think, as they either began development much earlier than expected or development had a significantly faster pace. Although I suspect the B-21 will have a technological edge over it, as I think the H-20 will be more so comparable to the B-2 than the brand new B-21. Unless China received critical information straight from the development team at Northrop. Which isn't unlikely, the Manhattan Program was also full of spies.
@niweshlekhak9646
@niweshlekhak9646 Жыл бұрын
This is not the 40s were it's hard to track down people.
@regular7156
@regular7156 Жыл бұрын
The fact is, China's aviation knowledge and capabilities is years behind the US. They are making progress, good progress too, but nowhere near a danger for the US yet. So the Xian H-20 would be similar to the B-2 in terms of competence and functionality, but will lack some unique "cutting-edge" capabilities that the B-2 has. "Clones/Replicas" of the original will always miss out on something that makes the original, original.
@ricdale7813
@ricdale7813 Жыл бұрын
From unconfirmed first hand reports It looks like the B2 but has a few visual differences. Supposedly even more capable electronic suites and more economic engines as well as newer engineering/construction techniques.
@trumptookthevaccine1679
@trumptookthevaccine1679 Жыл бұрын
They’ve literally released artistic images of it
@Raymiix
@Raymiix Жыл бұрын
Proud to say I worked in that Palmdale Northrop Facility 🤙🏽
@colbyjones8884
@colbyjones8884 Жыл бұрын
You killed me "I volunteer as tribute" 😂😂
@QuarkyPotato
@QuarkyPotato Жыл бұрын
Ok, so who wants to bet it's so stealthy they'll pull back the curtain to reveal an empty stage?
@Element905
@Element905 Жыл бұрын
That would be an epic power move. Too bad our military doesn't know how to flex anymore.
@HubertofLiege
@HubertofLiege Жыл бұрын
Russia would be quick to copy with empty buildings
@Element905
@Element905 Жыл бұрын
@@HubertofLiege you mean the eventually of invisitroopers? 🤣 Lmao
@Ionizap
@Ionizap Жыл бұрын
The B2 was far ahead of its time in 1988. China's H20 looks to be a copy and we still don't know when it will be deployed. Just that fact they are trying to build one tells us they consider the B2 a huge threat. Can't wait to see B21.
@lip124
@lip124 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention they are expensive to maintain, not sure if china is doing the same with there's but i kinda doubt it.
@JamesLaserpimpWalsh
@JamesLaserpimpWalsh Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the intel old boy.
@doctor78212
@doctor78212 Жыл бұрын
Some very excellent posts here. Age is relative. I have a picture, I took, of the F-100 Thunderbirds sitting on the ramp at Ramstein AB. I remember the roll out of the B-58. My father remembers a race between a P-51 and a T-33. In the early 70’s I met a man that was in his 90’s. He told me stories about some of his Calvary (as in horses) experiences. He told me about chasing Pancho Villa. Age is a matter of perspective. They need to teach more (real) history in schools. None of these experiences should be lost. I thank each of you for sharing!
@flyboymike111357
@flyboymike111357 Жыл бұрын
Now imagine what would happen if the B21 doesn't even look like the concept art.
@michaeltheoret3842
@michaeltheoret3842 Жыл бұрын
It'll probably look like a Sopwith Camel but constructed with somewhat more advanced materials . 🤣🤣🤣
@r7calvin
@r7calvin Жыл бұрын
@@michaeltheoret3842 a Sopwith Camel clad in microwave-absorbing Hot Pocket sleeves
@michaeltheoret3842
@michaeltheoret3842 Жыл бұрын
@@r7calvin 🤣🤣🤣Also much of the airframe and flight surfaces will be comprised of advanced composites as well. 🤣🤣🤣
@Kenneth_James
@Kenneth_James Жыл бұрын
I just can't explain how much I love that they painted the star on the ground with the outline of the B-2. I hope they do that again.
@elitecamelarcher3914
@elitecamelarcher3914 Жыл бұрын
Man, it’d be awesome to fly this thing
@thedoctor4637
@thedoctor4637 Жыл бұрын
I have mad respect for those working on the B-21. Not only are the paving the way as they work, but they aren’t falling behind schedule like we’ve seen so often in the commercial sector. Thank you B-21 team. God Bless Y’all! And God Bless America!
@tings6211
@tings6211 Жыл бұрын
Thank you .
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