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Article: Air Force pleased with first flights of B-2.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- March 26, 1999
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WASHINGTON _ The prescription fit, so NATO forces made sure the enemy received a healthy dose of B-2.
More than two decades after it was conceived and 10 years after it first took wing, America's B-2 stealth bomber finally saw combat this week.
Sinister-appearing and forbiddingly futuristic, the B-2 looks like a UFO or something from a George Lucas movie.
But ``the beast,'' as it is known to its crews, is as sweet to fly as it is menacing to look at, its pilots say.
``I've flown them all, and this one is incredibly smooth,'' said B-2 pilot Maj. Tony Monetti, who has flown the plane for four years. ``The first time I flew it, I thought ...