The B-2, the almost-invisible U.S. bomber absent from the skies since a crash in February, is aloft again, the Kansas City Star said on its website Thursday.
Whiteman Air Force Base at Missouri has launched about 20 B-2 bomber flights in the past week, ending what the Air Force deemed a "safety pause" after the first-ever crash of a stealth bomber on Feb. 23 in Guam.
Only 21 of the 2.2-billion-U.S.-dollar bombers were built.
They have been flying in the United States since the late 1990sand in combat over the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
None had crashed until one plummeted to the ground shortly after taking off from Guam on its way back to base near Knob Noster in the state of Missouri.
The crash put a stop to B-2 flights worldwide.
The Air Force has now finished its investigation, but the results of the probe have not been made public.
An investigation by a separate safety board is expected to become public next month.
Source:Xinhua
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