B-2A Spirit Makes First Visit to Lajes

B-2A Spirit 82-1071 at Lajes Air Base on September 09, 2019 (Andre Inacio)

On September 09, 2019 Lajes Air Base in the Azores welcomed a B-2A Spirit for the first time. 509th Bomb Wing B-2A 82-1071/WM 'Spirit of Mississippi' arrived as "Mytee21".

The aircraft is one of three B-2s currently deployed to RAF Fairford for training. As part of the deployment the same aircraft visited Keflavik in Iceland to conduct hot pit refueling on August 28, 2019.

B-2A Spirit 82-1071 at Lajes Air Base on September 09, 2019 (Andre Inacio)