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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368337/Libya-crisis-B2-stealth-bombers-25-hour-flight-Missouri-Tripoli.htmlSix hero pilots return home safe and sound from a bombing mission to Libya which saw them in the cockpit for an incredible 25 hours.Three B-2 Spirit bombers, piloted by two men each, made it back after the 11,418-mile round trip from the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri where they are kept in special climate controlled hangars to Libya where they hit targets on forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi and back again.At $2.1bn, they are the most expensive warplanes in the world and rarely leave their climate controlled hangars. But when it does, the B2 bomber makes a spectacularly effective start to a war - including during this weekend's aerial attack on Libya's air defences.One of three Air Force Global Striek Command B-2 Spirit bombers returning to base at Whiteman Air Force Base in MissouriThe two pilots of the B-2 bomber flew for 25 hours on the 12,000 mile round trip to bomb Gaddafi targetsTouchdown: The skin of the bombers is so sensitive that it has to be kept in special climate controlled shelters where it is taped and cured after every missionmore text in the article