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The B-52 Stratofortress is one of the greatest assets the United States Air Force has in its arsenal. Its crew is bigger than ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force expects to seek a Milestone B decision on the program to put new engines on B-52H Stratofortress bombers in September. The completion of the Milestone B review ...
The United States Air Force's B-52 has been the core of American long-range heavy bomber airpower for decades—it's also the oldest airplane in active service in the country, first introduced ...
The US Air Force has shown that the venerable B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber is a long time from hitting the boneyard, recently completing testing of the latest upgrade for its Conventional ...
The Cold War B-52 Bomber Is on the Move and Remains Unstoppable – The United States Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress bomber will continue to be flying for decades to come. That point was made ...
The Air Force is now arming its fleet of B-52 Bombers with prototype nuclear-armed cruise missiles to prepare the aircraft for the possibility of launching the Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) weapon.
The U.S. Air Force's special brain training program will help pilots fly its oldest bomber, B-52. Here's why the government still wants to use this old defense aircraft.
A $48.6 billion overhaul of the B-52 is intended to keep it flying until about 2060, and part of a two-bomber fleet with the B-21.
The Air Force has asked industry to pitch new engines for the service’s 76 B-52 bombers, the youngest built in 1962, that could keep them flying into the 2050s, long after bombers from the '80s ...
A B-52 bomber that nearly hit a Delta Air Lines plane also almost collided with a small plane in North Dakota on July 19, ...
Some facets of the Air Force’s “Bomber Vector” might change. Maybe the B-1 and B-2 bombers will stick around longer than expected. Maybe the B-52 won’t get new engines as presently planned.
However, one only needs to be reminded that the backbone of the United States Air Force’s bomber fleet today is an aircraft that entered service when “The $64,000 Question” was America’s ...