Crew Endurance

B-2 Spirit's Cockpit Design Enables 40-Hour Missions with Enhanced Pilot Endurance

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit air crews in the United States Air Force are well-known for flying some of history's longest missions. While a fighter jet measures a mission in minutes, the B-2 measures them in days . When a crew lifts off from Missouri, they aren't just heading to a target: they are entering a 40-hour physiological endurance test.