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

“During altitude testing, the engines will be evaluated at various simulated altitudes to see how well they perform in different flight conditions.” The B-52 has been in service since the 1950s—and ...

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 ...

The B-52H Stratofortress bombers departed from their ... course due to the intercept and continued along their scheduled ...

Saturday marks 35 years since Avianca Flight 052 crashed on Long Island after it ran out of fuel while circling to land at ...

At least 18 separate EMP test facilities were built, each designed to test different parameters as aircraft systems became more complicated with the introduction of avionics and flight computers.

A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress in flight over the Persian Gulf in 2019. Note the black contrails commonly seen from the eight engines of the B-52. Despite its age, the B-52 is still regularly flown ...

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Their lives are in our hands." Throughout the course of a mission, a B-52 can encounter malfunctions, sustain damage, or endure simple everyday wear-and-tear. It's up to the crew chiefs to ...

The F130 engines, which will extend B-52s' lives for decades, are a crucial part of the Air Force's effort to switch to a two-bomber fleet. Military Times © 2024 ...