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WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Lt. Gen. James M. Kowalski, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, received an orientation flight in a B-2 Spirit here July 18. Brig. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm, 509th Bomb Wing commander, said the general would leave Whiteman with "personal experience in the B-2 bomber, joining a small group of pilots who have spent time in the air with this amazing aircraft." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte) (RELEASED)

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WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Lt. Gen. James M. Kowalski, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, signs the orientation flight log book after his orientation flight in a 509th Bomb Wing B-2 Spirit here July 18. Every person who has ever flown in the B-2 is assigned a "Spirit Number," a tradition started with the aircraft's test flights in 1989. General Kowalski is Spirit #509. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte) (RELEASED)

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WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - A 509th Bomb Wing B-2 Spirit prepares to park July 18 after an orientation flight for Lt. Gen. James M. Kowalski, Air Force Global Strike Command commander. General Kowalski became the 509th person ever to fly in the B-2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte) (RELEASED)

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WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airmen from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here assist in the taxi of a B-2 Spirit following an orientation flight for Lt. Gen. James M. Kowalski, Air Force Global Strike Command commander. The general became the 509th person ever to fly in the B-2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte) (RELEASED)