The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers, meaning no flyovers for the Rose Bowl or Rose Parade next month.
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The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and as a precaution, are pausing flyovers at all of this years' college bowl games, including the Rose Bowl.It will be replaced by the B-1 Lancer, the 509th Bomb Wing said in a statement.
The standdown is significant in that there are fewer than 20 stealth bombers in the entire fleet and the aircraft provides, along with the B-52 Stratofortress, the air leg of the nation's nuclear triad. The B-2 has been regularly deployed to the Indo-Pacific and more recently to Europe as a show of force. During the standdown the entire fleet will be inspected, 509th Bomb Wing spokeswoman Air Force Master Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio said.
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