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Military Grounds Stealth Bomber Fleet 430

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 24, 2008 @09:01AM from the take-it-out-of-their-paychecks dept.

Ponca City, We Love You writes "America's entire B-2 stealth bomber fleet, which has played a crucial part in all major US conflicts since 1989, has been grounded after one of the jets crashed near a military base in Guam. The crash — the first involving the B-2 — was the most expensive single aircraft accident in history. (The planes cost $1.2B each.) Officials assume the crash was caused by either mechanical failure or human error, but have grounded all B-2s to ensure there is not some fundamental fault developing in the 21-strong fleet. The crash occurred Saturday morning local time as the B-2 was taking off from Andersen Air Force base on Guam, a US territory south of Japan. An Air Force spokesman said, 'The cause of crash is unknown, pending an investigation. The pilots had ejected safely — no serious injuries. One is mobile, one is still in the hospital under observation.'"

Comment Re:performance info is useless (Score 2, Interesting) 185

by inthemicz on Monday November 25, 2002 @10:13AM (#4750869) Attached to: An Overview of the Boa Web Server

Or a mercedes S-class to a Ferrari, what you have to consider is if you want that speed. I dont really think that Boa has been designed as a competitor(not sure if this is the right word) to Apache. Time will tell it may take off you never know

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