PASADENA, Calif.—Spectators at the upcoming Rose Parade won’t be getting a glimpse of the B-2 stealth bomber this year.
A flyover by the impressive bomber has opened the floral procession along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena in recent years.
But officials at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri said they have temporarily grounded their B-2 bomber fleet to perform safety inspections. The move came following a Dec. 10 emergency landing at the base that left one of the bombers damaged on the runway.
But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a military flyover to start the Rose Parade.
In this handout image provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber drops an MK-84 bomb during training at the Pilsung Firing Range in Gangwon-do, South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2017. (South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)
Instead of the B-2, the flyover will be done by B-1B bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota….