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美空军B-2轰炸机坠毁相关

美空军驻关岛安德森基地官员表示,当地时间23日10时45分第393中队1架B-2轰炸机在起飞时坠毁,飞行员安全逃生但飞机彻底报废。据希凯姆基地官员表示,当时该机与其他3架同型机准备进行离开关岛前最后一次飞行,为此其余3架B-2轰炸机将推迟返回计划继续留在关岛接受调查。另外,发生事故时该机没有携带任何武器,按计划该机被安排为第2架起飞,第1架同型机已经安全起飞但随即被召回停飞检查。第509联队第393远征轰炸机中队4架B-2轰炸机已经在关岛驻守4个月,原计划近2周内返回本土。为此美空军第96轰炸机联队6架B-52轰炸机已经于21日抵达安德森基地接替执行远征部署任务。


No munitions on board B-2 that crashed

Staff and wire reports
Posted : Saturday Feb 23, 2008 16:06:16 EST
   
A B-2 stealth bomber crashed on the runway Saturday at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, completely destroying the aircraft, an officer at Andersen confirmed. It was the first time a B-2 had ever crashed.

The two pilots from the 509th Bomb Wing ejected safely. Both have been checked by medical staff and are in good condition, according to a Pacific Air Forces statement.

The aircraft was taking off with three others on their last flight out of Guam after a four-month deployment, part of a continuous U.S. bomber presence in the western Pacific. After the crash, the other three bombers were being kept on Guam, said Maj. Eric Hilliard at Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii.

Area residents told a local TV station they saw black plumes of smoke coming from the base about 10:45 a.m. local time, indicating the aircraft’s impact. Emergency vehicles on base immediately reported to the scene of the crash. No other injuries have been reported at Andersen.

All 21 stealth bombers are based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., but the Air Force has been rotating several of them through Guam since 2004. Four of the 509th’s B-2s are currently deployed to Andersen and were scheduled to return to Missouri now that six B-52s from the 96th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, have arrived to replace them.

The $1.2 billion advanced stealth bomber is certified to carry nuclear munitions, but no munitions were on board the B-2 that crashed. There also were no injuries on the ground or damage to buildings.

The B-2 that crashed was the second B-2 to take off from Andersen on Saturday morning, according to a KUAM TV news report. The first bomber took off safely, according to the station, but was brought back when the other aircraft plunged to the ground.

A board of officers will investigate what caused the bat-like aircraft to crash at 10:30 a.m., shortly after taking off from a runway. It was the first crash of a B-2 bomber, said Capt. Sheila Johnston, a spokeswoman for Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.美空军B-2轰炸机坠毁相关

美空军驻关岛安德森基地官员表示,当地时间23日10时45分第393中队1架B-2轰炸机在起飞时坠毁,飞行员安全逃生但飞机彻底报废。据希凯姆基地官员表示,当时该机与其他3架同型机准备进行离开关岛前最后一次飞行,为此其余3架B-2轰炸机将推迟返回计划继续留在关岛接受调查。另外,发生事故时该机没有携带任何武器,按计划该机被安排为第2架起飞,第1架同型机已经安全起飞但随即被召回停飞检查。第509联队第393远征轰炸机中队4架B-2轰炸机已经在关岛驻守4个月,原计划近2周内返回本土。为此美空军第96轰炸机联队6架B-52轰炸机已经于21日抵达安德森基地接替执行远征部署任务。


No munitions on board B-2 that crashed

Staff and wire reports
Posted : Saturday Feb 23, 2008 16:06:16 EST
   
A B-2 stealth bomber crashed on the runway Saturday at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, completely destroying the aircraft, an officer at Andersen confirmed. It was the first time a B-2 had ever crashed.

The two pilots from the 509th Bomb Wing ejected safely. Both have been checked by medical staff and are in good condition, according to a Pacific Air Forces statement.

The aircraft was taking off with three others on their last flight out of Guam after a four-month deployment, part of a continuous U.S. bomber presence in the western Pacific. After the crash, the other three bombers were being kept on Guam, said Maj. Eric Hilliard at Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii.

Area residents told a local TV station they saw black plumes of smoke coming from the base about 10:45 a.m. local time, indicating the aircraft’s impact. Emergency vehicles on base immediately reported to the scene of the crash. No other injuries have been reported at Andersen.

All 21 stealth bombers are based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., but the Air Force has been rotating several of them through Guam since 2004. Four of the 509th’s B-2s are currently deployed to Andersen and were scheduled to return to Missouri now that six B-52s from the 96th Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, have arrived to replace them.

The $1.2 billion advanced stealth bomber is certified to carry nuclear munitions, but no munitions were on board the B-2 that crashed. There also were no injuries on the ground or damage to buildings.

The B-2 that crashed was the second B-2 to take off from Andersen on Saturday morning, according to a KUAM TV news report. The first bomber took off safely, according to the station, but was brought back when the other aircraft plunged to the ground.

A board of officers will investigate what caused the bat-like aircraft to crash at 10:30 a.m., shortly after taking off from a runway. It was the first crash of a B-2 bomber, said Capt. Sheila Johnston, a spokeswoman for Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.
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