Crew, plane safe after Air Force B-52 makes emergency landing at Offutt Air Force Base
A 65-year-old B-52 Stratofortress landed safely at Offutt Air Force Base about two hours after declaring an emergency over ...
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B-1, B-2, B-52: These Three Aircraft are America’s Fiercest Bombers
The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the ...
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A B-52 Once Shot Down a MiG Fighter Over Vietnam
Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war.
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New Engines Could Propel The B-52 Beyond Its 100th Birthday
The B-2 Spirit, pictured here flying next to a B-52 Stratofortress, is a more modern and stealthier aircraft than its predecessor. However, high running costs and the fact only 20 were built mean ...
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US B-52 bombers just rolled up in the Middle East in a message to Iran
A picture taken by U.S Air Force personnel stationed in Al Udaid air base and posted on the CENTCOM website showed two aircraft. The caption said: “B-52 Arrival. U.S. B-52H Stratofortress ...
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How Air Force crew chiefs keep the legendary B-52 in flying shape
of machinery into a lethal, combat-ready B-52H Stratofortress ... the first ones to touch the aircraft when it lands, and we're the last to touch it when it takes off," said Airman 1st Class ...
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Air Force’s New B-52J Stratofortress Passes Another Key Milestone
The U.S. Air Force’s latest B-52 variant just ... that the legendary Stratofortress platform remains in the air for more than 100 years. The long-range, subsonic aircraft was first introduced ...
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KTBS celebrates 70 years of B-52's sound of freedom
BOSSIER CITY, La. - KTBS is celebrating 70 years in the ArkLaTex, and even before the first broadcast Barksdale Air Force ...