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Charles Skelton: “We are very, very blessed to have the number of planes that we have. As my colleague knows, 10 are currently at Whiteman…”

On the recordJune 9, 1999
We are very, very blessed to have the number of planes that we have. As my colleague knows, 10 are currently at Whiteman Air Force Base and a good number of them are being used in this effort. It is interesting to note that only 3 percent of the sorties, the entire sorties, were flown by B-2 stealth bombers but they did some 20 percent of the strikes. That speaks well for the system, for the young men and young women at Whiteman Air Force Base. I thank the gentleman for his kind words about those people in Missouri who are doing so remarkably well.
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Charles Skelton
Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing the effectiveness of B-2 stealth bombers during military operations.

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