Few aircraft in history have proven as endlessly adaptable as the B-52 Stratofortress. First flying in 1952 and still on ...

The B-52H Stratofortress is one of the most enduring symbols of American airpower — a bomber conceived in the early Cold War that somehow remains strategically relevant decades later. First entering ...

The B-52's TF33 engines produce a black smoke trail that makes it visible from miles away. The new Rolls-Royce F130 engines will eliminate the signature entirely.

The crash of an Air Force B-52 in California will slow a nearly $3 billion program underway at Port San Antonio to upgrade radar systems across the nation’s fleet of the bombers. The June 15 crash at ...

The Air Force said late Monday that it plans to move ahead with the B-52 Stratofortress modernization program despite the fatal crash of the first modified version of the bomber. The June 16 crash at ...

Devo and the B-52’s have added eight dates to the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour they launched last year. Arenas and amphitheaters in Seattle, Vancouver, Grand Rapids, and other cities will host the ...

In December 1972, the US Air Force sent wave after wave of B-52 bombers over Hanoi in what became the most intense strategic bombing campaign since World War II. By December 1972, the Vietnam War had ...

In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, a U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber (center), and South Korean Air Force F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets fly over South Korea Peninsula ...

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An Iowa native was among the eight people who died Monday when a B-52 bomber crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. Air Force officials identified the victims in a news release ...

Edwards Air Force Base has officially named the eight crewmembers—comprising military personnel, government civilians, and contractors—who died in Monday's B-52 Stratofortress crash. The B-52 crash, ...

The U.S. military on Wednesday identified the eight men killed in a B-52 Stratofortress bomber crash earlier this week during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Col. Gregory Watson ...