Andersen Air Force base in Guam saw the very first crash of the stealth B-2 aircraft Spirit of Kansas. Footage shows the aircraft speeding down the runway and starting to gain some altitude.

The already small fleet shrunk to 20 in 2008, when a B-2 was destroyed in a crash at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The news comes as bomber-builder Northrop Grumman was awarded a $7 billion ...

Moments after takeoff, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber known as Spirit ... four B-2s had been deployed to Andersen Air Force Base as a deterrent to North Korea and China. For the four bomber crews ...

On February 23, 2008 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, two pilots from the 509 th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base were on board the B-2 Spirit of Kansas (89-0127) and were forced to eject.

The bombers, which can fly up to 50,000 feet, are primarily stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. In 2008, a B-2 crashed while taking off from Andersen, according to news files.

The Air Force has not yet disclosed the cause of the December crash ... The only B2 ever declared a total loss came in 2008 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Despite the efforts of firefighting ...

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) -- The Air Force on Thursday said the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was caused ... before plunging to the ground at Andersen Air Force Base on the island ...