B-2 SPIRIT BOMBER

A B-2 Spirit bomber is followed by two F-117 Nighthawks during a mission. The B-2 is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions.

Chief of Staff Talks Culture

OPERATION PLUMBBOB

Operation Plumbbob, conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, represented the biggest, longest, and most controversial test series in the history of the Nevada Test Site (NTS).

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YUCCA FLAT

Most Subsidences leave saucer-shaped craters varying in diameter and depth depending on the yield, depth of burial, and geology. This is the north end of the Yucca Flat.

Helping the Locals

TRIDENT SUBMARINE

Trident submariners provide strategic deterrence - The sun's rays glint off the hull of the strategic missile submarine USS Maryland as it cruises atop the waves somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 15. (Department of the Defense photo/Gerry J. Gilmore)

Air Culture Key to exercise Salitre success

TRINITY PHOTOGRAPH

Photograph from DNA-6928F - Project Trinity - The Trinity Detonation, 0530, 16 July 1945

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B-2 STEALTH BOMBER

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE Mo. 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, maintainers and crew chiefs, prepare B-2 Stealth Bombers for Operation Odyssey Dawn March 19, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenny Holston)(Released)

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SEDAN CRATER

Sedan Crater was formed when a 100 kt. Explosive buried under 635 feet of desert alluvium was fired at the NTS on July 6, 1962, displacing 12 Million tons of earth. The crater is 320 feet deep and 1,280 feet in diameter.

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