re: Has anyone ever seen a B2 bomber before?

I was at a mil and gov only event at Davis Monthan AFB in the mid 90's. They had Earth, Wind and Fire playing on one of the runways and a bunch of static displays. They had a B-2 out there with ropes around it but set back about 50 yards and Security Police every fifteen feet in full Battle Rattle locked and loaded. One of them told me they were under orders to shoot anyone who breached the rope line.

I just remember wondering why, if the plane was still fairly unknown and classified, would they put it in a static display and then not allow anyone to get close to it? It was very strange. Like some General told them they had to display it when they didn't want to so they did it in the worst way possible.