Amanda was formerly a correspondent for Business Insider's military and defense team. Before Business Insider, she worked as a field producer for Reuters in Brussels covering NATO and EU political institutions.
Amanda grew up in the US Army and graduated from the University of Missouri-School of Journalism. She lives in Washington, DC, with her spoiled cat, Harlem.
Disclosure: Amanda has family who work at Lockheed Martin, a company she regularly covers.
The B-2's last combat deployment was in March 2011 when three aircraft were used in Operation Odyssey Dawn. Currently, there are 20 B-2's in the US Air Force's inventory.
The F-35 program is leaps and bounds ahead of anything else in the world today but we need to make sure that we stay ahead of their technology by continuing to modernize the F-35.