Of course, the aircraft in operation today is not the same as the one that flew the unfriendly skies back in the 1950s. The B-52, like most American military aircraft, has undergone numerous ...
After the war, militaries around the world invested heavily in the development of strategic bombers designed to carry nuclear ordnance across oceans to potentially take out targets far from home.
Up until the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force solely relied on its B-52 Stratofortress airframes as ... was selected to become the service’s new bomber. Equipped with the ability to fly all-altitude ...
The U.S. Air Force’s latest B-52 variant just reached another milestone. According to the service, the bomber’s F130 engines have passed their critical design review. These engines are ...
Britain's only flying Cold War Vulcan bomber and which participated in Operation Black Buck bombing Stanley airport during the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982, will take its final flight next ...
A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Courtesy photo) Edwards Air Force Base, California ...
This was the case on January 24, 1961, when a B-52 bomber carrying two powerful hydrogen bombs took off on a routine mission over Goldsboro, North Carolina. During the mission, the plane ...