NORTHROP B-2 SPIRIT
B-2 SERVICE
| Manufacturer: | Northrop Corp., Aircraft
Group, Hawthorne, California, USA (In 1994, became Northrop-Grumman Corp., Military Aircraft Division, Hawthorne, California, USA) |
| Model: | ? |
| Designation: | B-2 |
| Name: | Spirit |
| First official flight: | (B-2A) 17/07/1989 (Development began in the early 1980's) |
| Factory production period: | 1987 - 1997 |
| Primary service period: | 1993 - present |
| Last official flight: | Still in service |
B-2 VARIANTS AND PRODUCTION
B-2A
Multi-role heavy bomber, distinctive flying wing design.
Early test aircraft later upgraded to operational standards.
Produced 1987 - 1994
Northrop-Grumman Palmdale, California (NO)
| 82-1066 / 82-1071 | 1001 / 1006 | |
| 88-0328 / 88-0332 | 1007 / 1011 | |
| 89-0127 / 89-0129 | 1012 / 1014 | |
| 90-0040, 90-0041 | 1015, 1016 | |
| 92-0700 | 1017 | |
| 93-1085 / 93-1088 | 1018 / 1021 |
Grand Total: 21 |
| 144 additional airframes cancelled. | ||
B-2 DESIGNATION SYSTEM
Construction numbers:
| At factory: 1001 / 1021 | For testing: 4001 / 4021 | In service: 5001 / 5021 |
Northrop-Grumman uses AV (Air Vehicle) numbers as
an internal number system, follows in order of c/n's:
Each aircraft also assigned an individual name:
| 1001 | AV-01 | Spirit of America |
| 1002 | AV-02 | Spirit of Arizona |
| 1003 | AV-03 | Spirit of New York |
| 1004 | AV-04 | Spirit of Indiana |
| 1005 | AV-05 | Spirit of Ohio |
| 1006 | AV-06 | Spirit of Mississippi |
| 1007 | AV-07 | Spirit of Texas |
| 1008 | AV-08 | Spirit of Missouri |
| 1009 | AV-09 | Spirit of California |
| 1010 | AV-10 | Spirit of South Carolina |
| 1011 | AV-11 | Spirit of Washington |
| 1012 | AV-12 | Spirit of Kansas |
| 1013 | AV-13 | Spirit of Nebraska |
| 1014 | AV-14 | Spirit of Georgia |
| 1015 | AV-15 | Spirit of Alaska |
| 1016 | AV-16 | Spirit of Hawaii |
| 1017 | AV-17 | Spirit of Florida |
| 1018 | AV-18 | Spirit of Oklahoma |
| 1019 | AV-19 | Spirit of Kitty Hawk |
| 1020 | AV-20 | Spirit of Pennsylvania |
| 1021 | AV-21 | Spirit of Louisiana |
AV-22 / AV-165 airframes cancelled.