Loss of the B-2 Spirit «Spirit of Kansas» at Guam

On 23 February 2008 the B-2 «Spirit of Kansas» (89-0127), of the 393rd Bomb Squadron, crashed on the runway seconds after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after moisture in its air data sensors fed the flight control computers bad information, triggering an abrupt pitch-up and stall. Both pilots ejected and survived; it was the first operational loss of a B-2 and, with the aircraft destroyed, the costliest aviation accident in history to that date.