Summary and Key Points: The B-52 Stratofortress, a legendary U.S. Air Force strategic bomber, continues to serve over 70 years after its first flight. The upcoming B-52J variant marks the most ...

The B-52 sporting the amazing throwback paint scheme has returned at Barksdale Air Force Base. As reported in details a few ...

The venerable B-52 isn't just getting upgraded. Paradoxically, it's also going retro...at least in terms of the paint scheme.

The bombers conducted airstrikes on five underground weapons facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, and the ...

The original B-52A made its maiden flight in 1954 ... around the same time as the B-52 and it remains in service – but with one notable difference. Production first began in the 1950s but ...

Then, in November 2023, the Raider took its first flight. Production on ... such as those involving the stealth B-2 Spirits, supersonic B-1 Lancers, and B-52 Stratofortresses, are a priority ...

First taking to the skies in April 1952, and introduced into the US Air Force in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress has ... A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress in flight over the Persian Gulf in 2019.

As one of the region’s top attractions, we offer flight simulators ... and the first Air Force One jet. And finally, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park and its centerpiece B-52.

The spot’s history dates to 1941, when it served as one of the Army Air Force’s flight training ... It was the first to receive the Air Force’s B-52 and KC-135 (both still in service ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The 14th Hy-Vee Honor Flight of the Quad Cities brought ... time in the service doing aircraft maintenance on B-52 G models, KC-135 models and B-1B bombers.

High-altitude contrails frame the B-52 mothership as it carries the X-15 aloft for a research flight on 13 April 1960 on Air Force Maj. Robert M. White’s first X-15 flight. The X-15s were air ...