A B-52 Stratofortress takes off from the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, March 26, 2024. (Master Sgt. Staci Kasischke/Air Force) Life aboard the military’s oldest bombers could become a ...

The B-52 Stratofortress was born into a world of black-and-white television and slide rules, yet it is now being rebuilt to ...

The Boeing B-52 is on track to do something no other combat aircraft has ever done: remain an operational frontline bomber for a full century. Built for the nuclear standoff of the 1950s and ...

We discussed about the B-2 and the U.S. Air Force’s nuclear bomber fleet with the newly appointed 393rd Bomb Squadron Commander, Lt. Colonel Joseph “Zorro” Manglitz. With experience in the B-2 and ...

-Despite this, the B-52J’s versatility—capable of deploying precision munitions and potentially operating as a “mothership” for or ‘flying aircraft carrier’ for drone swarms—arguably makes it a better ...

The B-52, sporting the orange throwback paint scheme, has been spotted flying over Texas with two loads under the wing hardpoints, one of which clearly looks like an AGM-183 ARRW missile. A U.S. Air ...

The U.S. Air Force says the B-52 bomber that had a near miss with a Delta Airlines flight over North Dakota on Friday was flying an approved flight path at the time. The Air Force released the ...

To be sure, B-52s will not be flying the most challenging missions in the future. One would assume, upon hearing the name “Stratofortress,” that the weapon it describes would be a mighty one. Indeed, ...