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.
For a generation, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has kept the same three bombers in rotation: the B-1 Lancer, the B-2 Spirit, and the B-52 Stratofortress. Between the three, the United States has a ...
The speculation proved correct as two United States Air Force B52 bombers have landed in Gloucestershire at RAF Fairford. The arrival of 747 and 767 supply planes from the Minot Air Base in North ...
Fairford operates jointly as one of the USAF's European air bases. Iconic B52 Stratofortress planes have been regular ...
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 for the first time in nearly a decade during ...
American B-52 Stratofortress bombers sent to the Middle East over what Washington describes as threats from Iran have arrived at a U.S. base in Qatar, U.S. Central Command said Posted on May 10 ...
By World War II, bombers became some of the most important aircraft of the conflict, and it was a Boeing ... the B-21 Raider and China's new H-20 strategic stealth bomber. The B-52 Stratofortress ...
A B-52 bomber successfully released a JDAM precision-guided bomb from its internal bomb bay for the first time in test. The B-52 “Stratofortress” will be armed with a new conventional long ...
and even before the first broadcast Barksdale Air Force Base was here and an aircraft that would become the backbone of the U.S. bomber force was being engineered. The B-52 Stratofortress was ...