The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the most robust fleet of strategic bombers on Earth. For a generation, the U.S.
A B-52 Bomber was forced to make an emergency stop at Offutt Air Force base this week. The aircraft was four hours into training on a flight out of Louisiana on Wednesday when it experienced ...
an upgraded version of the iconic B-52, represents a major modernization for the aging bomber. Key upgrades include new Rolls-Royce F130 engines, a new radar system from the F/A-18EF, and a ...
Footage released by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command shows a Chinese jet fighter flying within 10 feet of an American B-52 aircraft at high speed over the South China Sea. Photo: U.S. Indo-Pacific ...
The B-52 is known for its distinctive layout of eight engines in four separate two-engine pods. Equipped with Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-103 engines, the bomber boasts a range of 8,800 miles (14,162 ...
The required sample size for this test will meet a historical Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) requirement of two B-52 aircraft. "After a successful loading of 20 missiles, our 2nd Operations ...
2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief. "We're the ones telling the aircrew the jet's good to fly. Their lives are in our hands." Throughout the course of a mission, a B-52 can encounter ...
There were no guarantees these soldiers would ever see their homes again. Seven B-52 aircraft with hand-picked crews took off in the predawn of darkness from Barksdale Air Force Base to send a ...