Vertical stabilizers give the pilots yaw control - the ability to turn the airplane left and right. However, there are aircraft designed to operate without them. An example is the B-2 Stealth ...
[Think Flight] used its yaw dampening feature in combination with differential spoilers to completely eliminate vertical stabilizers ... of the B2 bomber. Both aircraft were cut from EPP foam ...
It involved an Airbus A300 aircraft, which suffered a catastrophic loss of its vertical stabilizer shortly after takeoff from New York JFK and crashed into a residential neighborhood in Queens.
By eliminating a tail and vertical stabilizers, the flying wing reduces the number of angled surfaces that can produce radar returns. These types of aircraft may be able to strike defended areas ...