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 65-year-old B-52 Stratofortress landed safely at Offutt Air Force Base about two hours after declaring an emergency over ...

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 ...

Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war.

America at the end of the Second World War was a wildly different place. Brimming with self-confidence after having just defeated the greatest set of rivals the ...

In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

The B-52, like most American military aircraft, has undergone numerous upgrades to ensure it remains a viable strategic bomber well into the 21st century. The latest fielded model is the B-52H ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

The long-range bomber, expected to be involved ... has not yet given official confirmation that the aircraft will be stationed there. The B-52 touched down at the base on the Gloucestershire ...

Of course, it's no longer using the same technology, as numerous upgrades to the aircraft have ensured the U.S. continues flying the B-52 Stratofortress long after its introduction. The bomber ...