There's only one B-2 stealth bomber on public display in the world. Here's where I saw it.

I never thought I’d get to see a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber in person.

The advanced warplanes, which cost around $2 billion each, can evade radar detection and drop tens of thousands of pounds of nuclear or conventional weapons.

They were deployed in Operation Epic Fury, the US and Israel’s joint operation targeting Iran, in March.

Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that B-2s dropped “precision penetrating munitions on Iranian underground facilities.” B-2s also dropped 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities during Operation Midnight Hammer in June 2025.

They also participate in occasional ceremonial flyovers, such as celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary in July and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s state visit in September.

All 19 of the US Air Force’s operational B-2 planes are housed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where access is strictly limited.

However, there is one place in the world where a B-2 is on permanent public display: the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

I visited the museum in August 2025 to see the one-of-a-kind exhibit.