Stealth Bombers at RAAF Base Amberley

[@MeppyMan]

Would love to see one of these flying in person. Amazing looking aircraft.

[@azairvine]

I couldn't believe my eyes when the pair flew over my head at Deebing Heights the other day

[@weburnitatbothends]

All the Aussie birds must think geez what did that Willie Wagtail eat!

[@aviationphotographydigest]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dianafarmer5445]

'Oh give me a Stealth Bomber, amoung the Gum Trees'....

[@aviationphotographydigest]

And lots of Stealth please...

[@NGC-catseye]

@@aviationphotographydigest I recycle, reuse, compost, I don’t take place in the consumerist society and I’m to blame for climate change,,, and these military industrial machines pollute and consume non renewable resources and will eventually drop more pollutants as they detonate missiles into populated communities, leaving the land desolate. How can you joke at a time like this. Besides there are not enough gum trees to sustain a healthy population of koalas.

[@anonymoususer19]

@@aviationphotographydigestand the little bombs fly right out the back

[@nugget0428]

@@aviationphotographydigest GBU or two, a kangaroo...

[@jj87a]

Love the 6 blokes in hi-vis standing around with 2 shovels between them to dig 1 hole in the ground #straya

[@BigTV-ke1nn]

There was another 3 out of camera shot supervising #inflation #newjetski

[@OffGridInvestor]

Government jobs

[@peternewman958]

A lot of people have commented that their not stealthy due to the noise around Amberley but thats not what Stealthy is in regards to them its their ability to give a very negligible if at all radar profile etc.

[@danielge28112]

‘A lot of people’ are idiots.

[@Jammin_Ham]

@@danielge28112😂😂😂

[@forsterdave]

Some people don't know the difference between their, there and they're

[@colinsmith3539]

Ummmm. Is stealthy a word ? Lol

[@TheRealJavahead]

@@colinsmith3539I’m sure you knew exactly what he meant. So yes. Remember, all words are made up.

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

Very marvellous and cool footage of the B-2 Spirit 😊

[@desmcharris]

Incredible machine's!! Here in Oz! Love it!!!!

[@chrisjamesson6777]

I have shared this to my Bomber Task Force Facebook page.

[@luckyknuckle9484]

I saw the two of them flying over head the other day . And yes they are loud, that's why i looked to see what was flying. One turned left and you got a look at most of the top side of the aircraft. It was good to see them as i didn't know we had them.👍

[@OffGridInvestor]

I never knew we had any either

[@Allan-]

I saw it fly over Toowoomba a few days ago. I could not believe what I was seeing, but you have confirmed it was a Stealth Bomber

[@Zac4209]

I seen it today in toowoomba and had the exact same reaction

[@lifesavid]

Was sitting outside at our bar late afternoon the other day and my brother in law and I saw them fly directly overhead. You cannot mistake them for any other aircraft; quite amazing. We live in the Noosa Hinterland and they were heading in a northerly direction.

[@rod_at_adelaide5766]

Very cool. I didn't realise how big they are!

[@ybrik5937]

great close-ups!

[@williamnot8934]

They look Alien.

[@peterbolt5247]

The most concerning point is that they're now in Amberley training for the inevitable.

[@Michael-dp4tz]

It’s not inevitable, just highly likely as many in the American foreign policy establishment love war.

[@nathanbull3171]

Our family is in debt to the American forces being here in Australia for them looking over us Our family says thankyou Big Thankyou aswell to the guys and girls in the subs

[@AndyG_64]

That work team got the box seat !

[@markfryer9880]

Do they remind anyone else of a stingray? Go watch a documentary on stingray and see the similarities. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@colinsmith3539]

Yes mark go take a look

[@OffGridInvestor]

Yeah they kinda do

[@nobrakes7247]

So cool

[@jaxhoffalot2812]

Outstanding captures guys, really great to see these scary looking things up close. The thing that gets me is, even though this is allegedly the most sophisticated piece of kit USAF operates, they still allow it to be photographed and display certain operational characteristics & capabilities. You can only imagine what they are running behind the scenes away from prying eyes...

[@warrenbennett1863]

They look like a falcon in a stoop. They fly over Brisbane just after sundown, occasionally, must be on exercises somewhere up North. Come out of the ENE , bright lights blazing, flying over the commercial flight paths. If you look carefully yo can make out their distinctive wings. FYI.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

That's a damn good job with a cheap tripod 👍

[@gregnoble8799]

Utterly spellbinding. The wide track stance makes them look super controlled on take off. Beyond the stealth and precision avionics aspect of the aircraft ( which is like #1 in the world) the range and lift capabilities are astounding. (40,000 lb, at 40,000 ft at 600mph for 6000 miles!)Flight testing of the B21 Raider, the next generation flying wing stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman is underway now. It will be superior in all aspects. Northrop was a pioneer in this field, successfully developing the concept of large flying wing bombers as far back as 1946. (YB35 and 49) Though, ultimately these too must give acknowledgement to the (captured) design technicalities of the Horton brothers.

[@candygarage8019]

How’d you get so close?

[@benjaminc8789]

I’d say they’re not allowed inside and pics of the payload

[@SylviaGillard-yq7gj]

A flyover for Riverfire??

[@Contender-df2uj]

are the ground personal from USAF or the RAAF for the b2's

[@aviationphotographydigest]

USAF

[@CateB66]

Completely restricted to only USAF. My son lives on base and said no one other than the Americans can have any form of contact with them.

[@ultimobile]

@@CateB66 at approx $2B per aircraft total program cost - that's a lot of moolah per plane you don't want to put at risk ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit - the Spirit of Kitty Hawk seen on one plane here - built maybe 1996 ? That's amazing if this alien spacecraft is nearly 30 years old !

[@garyspeed8961]

how many arrived?

[@Spacemonkey16758]

3 i think, i saw 2 of them last night :D landing at Amberley

[@craigmay-u9g]

Darth vader,s come to town ...luke .

[@garrysinghhanspal3918]

Any chance to see this ?

[@TerryT0114]

Looks a lot like the Raider, I thought it was at first. An then I thought "Google says only 6 prototype models have been built so far" so I thought how could they be at a RAF base already. But they're not cause I was wrong, these are not the new Raiders in this video.

[@jacobsgranddaughter]

❤️❤️

[@PulsechainProfits]

so cool. i wonder what its like being ATC and seeing NOTHING on radar lol

[@8731GC]

💯👍

[@dropbear6740]

So are these things now based here or visiting ?

[@markmacqueen9666]

I believe there based here for abit with some f22 aswell

[@indyspud]

Completely ignorant of how this aircraft design works - can this thing yaw without a vertical stabilizer and rudder?

[@ninja_kitten]

yes they have split control surfaces on the wings that can do that, you can see them at 0:12

[@randomstuff797]

Question is why are they here and making it known means get ready

[@Kili121416]

Only 2 crew.

[@dilligafwoftam985]

Don't get a geiger counter too close ... these are PART of what has made Oz a high priority target ... that and political incompetence. 😊🇦🇺

[@BLKBRDD]

IDK but it worries me that they're sending expensive assets here, makes anyone think they know something we don't

[@BlinkyBill_]

who is they?

[@MintuChamua]

Russia ka defence system toro

[@rodpope7838]

I have this thought in the back of my mind that Australia is about to be offered either the B2 or B21 as part of the AUKUS circus due to the possibility that we will never get the promised Virginia Class boats and have to wait until around 2050 for the British designed boats. Collins class will probably be long gone by then.

[@steambuff1000]

I wish this cameraman knew how to pan a shot of a moving object. Pretty basic I would have thought.

[@aviationphotographydigest]

Can't take imagery of the rear end onbase due to OPSEC regulations- we don't make the rules

[@Mi-ck]

@@aviationphotographydigestcan’t film the rear but post the rear as a thumb nail. Right…

[@aviationphotographydigest]

@@Mi-ck read the reply again

[@Mi-ck]

@@aviationphotographydigest don’t see your point. You said you can’t take imagery of the rear end on base. The thumbnail is a picture taken of the rear on base.

[@aviationphotographydigest]

not on base

[@Shroomania]

Nice machines... but take a hike back home. Go flex your 'Murica on your own turf.

[@fleshvesselxx]

stealth but they stick out like dogs balls during the day time

[@sgtjonzo]

if you're seeing it, it's waaaay too late

[@Michael-dp4tz]

Pretty cool planes, but they’d be a lot cooler if they weren’t here. Yankees go home.

[@Freebloodyspeech82]

my brother lives right next to this air base