The B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range strategic bomber designed and developed by Boeing. The United States Air Force (USAF) and NASA have primarily operated the aircraft since its early days.

What You Need to Know: The B-52J Stratofortress, an upgraded version of the iconic B-52, represents a major modernization for ...

The bilateral exercise, which included formation flight and Defensive Counter Air training, was held following “intensified ...

It was flown to RAF Fairford as the airfield accommodates US Air Force personnel and is used to handling B-52 aircraft. The spokesman could not confirm where the bomber had flown from or whether ...

Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana — Laser-Guided Bomb Units, commonly referred to as LGB's, were dropped from the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress ... more LGB's on the aircraft or give ...

This was the case on January 24, 1961, when a B-52 bomber carrying two powerful hydrogen ... the centrifugal forces pulled on a lanyard in the cockpit — exactly as a crewmember would if he ...

What's it like to fly a B-52 during a simulated nuclear alert? Journalist and Defense News contributor Jeff Bolton finds out. What's it like to fly in a B-52? Journalist and Defense News ...

The bomber has a payload of 70,000 pounds of ordnance. Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero/U.S. Air Force U.S. military aircraft that took part in the drill included B-52 Stratofortress bombers ...