The B-2, which has been at the Missouri base since 1993, has been flying since the 1990s and is still the world's only long-range bomber with technology that makes the batwing aircraft difficult for radar to detect and track. The Bomb Wing at Whiteman is responsible for flying the fleet of 20 nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to targets around the world, often directly. His awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit. He also trained on B-2s at Whiteman in the 1990s, commanded a bomb squadron at the base and was a vice commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in southwest Asia in 2010-2011. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday at his home in Columbus, Ohio after suffering a number of health problems. Tibbets, 48, previously served as deputy director for nuclear operations for the U.S. His grandfather would also tell them, Tibbets said, that 'he's counting on you, he's counting on us, today's generation of airmen, to continue as you do each and every day to raise the bar and set the standard and continue the great work that our nation relies on us to to do.' Tibbets told about 500 people attending the ceremony in a hangar at the base that his grandfather would be 'touched by your appreciation for his service and the service of those that he was with back in that time.'