Lt. Col. (Ret) Igor Suhr flew operationally the F-15, MQ-1, MQ-9 and B-2, and after retiring he became the lead B-2 Operational Test Pilot with the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Igor Suhr has become the first and only civilian authorized by the Department of War (as the Department of Defense has been recently renamed) to fly the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber as a test pilot, according to a press release by Whiteman AFB, Missouri, on Sep. 8, 2025. Suhr, who previously flew the F-15 Eagle , MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper , concluded his career flying B-2 Spirit with the 110th Bomb Squadron at Whiteman AFB for 11 years, and is now the DoW’s lead B-2 Operational Test Pilot with the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, part of the 53rd Wing, under Air Comb

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