Invasion Stripes - Sweat Shirt F-106 The B-2 Spirit entered service

The B-2 Spirit entered service in 1997 as a strategic stealth bomber that can deliver conventional and nuclear weapons

Pup and Swallow

The last remaining Valkyrie is on display in the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton

it became an important and was extensively used as a bomber by the RAF in the early 1940s

Invasion Stripes - Sweat Shirt F-106 The B-2 Spirit entered serviceInvasion Stripes In May 1944 the new marking scheme was approved by Air Chief Marshall Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory. Thousands of aircraft were to be involved in the invasion so the distinctive stripes reduced the risk of being attacked by friendly forces. The stripes were painted only on fighters, PR aircraft, troop carriers and light bombers. As Operation Overlord progressed the stripes appeared only on the undersurfaces to avoid air attack whilst on