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Next-Generation Bomber
NEXT GENERATION BOMBER Role: Stealth bomber Manufacturer: Boeing/Lockheed Martin Status: Terminated The Next-Generation Bomber (formerly called the 2018 Bomber) was originally a program to develop a new medium bomber for the United States Air Force. The NGB was originally projected to enter service around 2018 as a stealthy, subsonic, medium-range, medium payload bomber to supplement and possibly to a limited degree replace the U.S. Air Force's aging bomber fleet (B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer). The NGB program was superseded by the Long-Range Strike-B (LRS-B) heavy bomber program.
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Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters undergoing final development and testing by the U.S. military. The F-35A is the conventional takeoff and landing variant. (Lockheed Martin)
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN B-2 SPIRIT Role: Strategic stealth bomber Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman Status: In service Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy 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 (Mk 82) JDAM Global Positioning System-guided bombs, or sixteen 2,400 lb B83 nuclear bombs. The B-2 is the only acknowledged aircraft that can carry largeair-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration. Development originally started under the "Advanced Technology Bomber" (ATB) project during the Carter administration, and its expected performance was one of his reasons for the cancellation of the supersonic B-1A bomber. ATB continued during the Reagan administration, but worries about delays in its introduction led to the reinstatement of the B-1 program as well. Program costs rose throughout development. Designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman, the cost of each aircraft averaged US$737 million (in 1997 dollars). Total procurement costs averaged $929 million per aircraft, which includes spare parts, equipment, retrofitting, and software support. The total program cost including development, engineering and testing, averaged $2.1 billion per aircraft in 1997. Because of its considerable capital and operating costs, the project was controversial in the U.S. Congress and among the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The winding-down of the Cold War in the latter portion of the 1980s dramatically reduced the need for the aircraft, which was designed with the intention of penetrating Soviet airspace and attacking high-value targets. During the late 1980s and 1990s, Congress slashed plans to purchase 132 bombers to 21. In 2008, a B-2 was destroyed in a crash shortly after takeoff, though the crew ejected safely. A tot
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U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly in formation during a training mission, Dec. 6, 2009. The F-22 fighters and crews are deployed from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., and in the Air Forces Central area of responsibility for the first time as part of a multinational exercise where aircrews from France, Jordan, Pakistan, the U.A.E., the U.K., and the U.S. trained together in fighting a large-scale air war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)
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Palestinian protesters use slingshots to throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a protest marking the 11th anniversary of the death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Smoke believed to be from an airstrike billows over the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which the Islamic State overran last year in an onslaught that caused the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis and first prompted the U.S. to launch airstrikes against the militants. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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Syrian President Bashar Assad is keeping his hold on power with the help of Russia, with various factions fighting to overthrow him. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a message to a crowd in Davenport, Iowa, that pledged reverence to family values, a vow to cut taxes and saying that the U.S. military needs an injection of funding to preserve its role in the world. (Associated Press)
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Yazidis are asking for the Russian military to liberate more than 3,500 Yazidis held captive by the Islamic State, including children in jihadi training camps. They say the young hostages are subjected to "mental conditioning" and being trained as Islamists. (Saad Barkash)
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Visiting in the home of retired Marine, World War II veteran and survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.
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Martin Luther King Jr. speaking to an anti-Vietnam war rally at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul on April 27, 1967. (Wikipedia)
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Sunni volunteer fighters parade through Khalidiya, Iraq, as they prepare to support Iraqi security forces in liberating the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants on Oct. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)
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“Use the force, Luke.”
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“Use the force, Luke.”
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“Use the force, Luke.”
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“I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I feel something terrible has happened.”
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“Use the force, Luke.”
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Tim Constantine reports on Ben Carson and Marco Rubio fighting back against media attacks, and the new hotspot for conventions and conferences.
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In this Thursday, June 20, 2013, file photo, special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan and the U.S. stand in formation wearing gas masks following a combined demonstration as part of Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Amman, Jordan. The government-owned Al-Rai newspaper says a Jordanian policeman opened fire on American contractors at a police training center, killing two and injuring three. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
