LLOYD: Ever been behind the wheel and dented your car, or even your folks' car? Then you know how horrible an accident feels, and how expensive it is, too. Now multiply that by a billion, and that's how two U.S. Air Force pilots must be feeling today. Their B-2 "stealth" bomber crashed Saturday. It's the most expensive warplane the government owns. Ouch! Kate Bouldon tells us what the bomber is designed to do, and what went wrong last weekend. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KATE BOLDUAN, CNN REPORTER: This wreckage caught on tape is all that's left of an Air Force B-2 bomber. The Batwing Bomber is known for its ability to travel long range, carry a heavy payload and fly undetected. In recent years, it has played a key role during operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. MAJ. GEN. SHEPPERD, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: The whole idea is it goes in as 'kick down the door' force. In other words, it goes in early it hits key targets, key defensive targets, key industrial targets, key leadership targets. BOLDUAN: The B-2 is also known for its price tag; over two billion dollars each, the most expensive American warplane. And an expensive loss after Saturday morning's crash at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. Fortunately the crew ejected and survived. The Air Force says the plane was heading back to its home base in Missouri when the mishap occurred. No bombs were onboard. The plane had finished a temporary deployment in Guam as part of the U.S.'s continuous bomber presence in the western Pacific. The Air Force has another staging site in Diego Garcia. SHEPPERD: Out of those bases with one refueling it can cover the world and it can show up again announced unseen early in a war that's the value of it. BOLDUAN: The fleet was unveiled in 1988 and had never before crashed. Military analysts say at 20 years old, age is not a likely factor. MICHAEL O'HANLON, BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: We're flying planes twice as old. The B-52, named for the year in which it was developed, is still around and many of us fly commercially on planes built in the 60's still. So the age of this plane should not have been a problem. BOLDUAN: While the B-2 can hit as many as 80 different targets in a single run, its mission is increasingly going to a new generation of fighter aircraft like unmanned planes, so Air Force officials say the impact of the loss will be minimal. Kate Bolduan, CNN, Washington. (END VIDEO CLIP ) --

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