A-12 Avenger II Stealth Bomber Has A Message for the U.S. Navy

A-12 Avenger II Stealth Bomber Has A Message for the U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy’s Stealth Bomber That Died in 1991: The A-12 Avenger II Summary and Key Points: A carrier-launched stealth bomber would have transformed carrier air wings by expanding strike options and compressing adversary reaction time. The Navy tried to build exactly that with the A-12 Avenger II, launched under the Advanced Tactical Aircraft program in the early 1980s to replace the A-6 Intruder. Built around stealth shaping and carrier suita…