B-2 fire damage made worse by firefighting shortcomings

B-2 bomber

​A US Air Force report about a 2010 fire on a Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber finds that firefighting crews in Guam were unfamiliar with the aircraft’s tailpipe or with the potential for tailpipe fires.

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