B-2 bombers' home base celebrates stealth combat debut

The B-2 stealth bomber makes its combat debut RELATED VIDEO CNN's Jeff Flock was at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri when the B2s returned Thursday morning Windows Media 28K 80K

March 25, 1999
Web posted at: 11:31 p.m. EST (0431 GMT)

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Missouri (CNN) -- Pentagon officials said Thursday there were indications that a pair of B-2 stealth bombers were flying over Yugoslavia on the second day of NATO's Operation Allied Force.

Two of the batlike warplanes were said to have performed very effectively Wednesday -- dropping 32 tons of precision-guided munitions on targets throughout Yugoslavia -- on the B-2's first-ever combat mission.

Those history-making planes and their pilots have returned to their home base.

Pay a visit to Whiteman Air Force Base and take a closer look at the revolutionary aircraft featured in this video report.

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