A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., takes off at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on April 14, 2023. (Airman 1st Class William Pugh/U.S. Air Force) ...

The upgrades are part of a plan to keep the B-52s in service until at least 2050, but they're delayed with cost overruns.

The 1994 B-52 crash serves as a stark reminder of the importance of strict adherence to safety protocols and vigilant leadership in aviation. On June 24, 1994, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, ...

Inside the rapid B-52 X-Ray inspection that saved 17 days and boosted confidence in the 70-year-old bomber. In late June 2025, the U.S. Air Force’s 412th Test Wing shared that its Non-Destructive ...

Carlson was at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, with the largest bomb wing in the Air Force, which had just returned from a huge Red Flag exercise simulating ...

MINOT, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A crew conducting a ceremonial B-52 flyover at the North Dakota State Fair Friday was not advised of an inbound commercial aircraft, according to a statement from base ...

The Air Force expects to finish qualification testing of the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress by the end of 2024. And the service plans to make a Milestone B decision on the Commercial ...

The importance of the B-52’s hypersonic warfare capabilities cannot be overstated in the current geopolitical moment. Though Texas isn’t the biggest state in the United States of America in terms of ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A B-52H Stratofortress’ sojourn at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo is a reminder of the airlift hub’s history as a bomber base. The aircraft, assigned to the ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A B-52H Stratofortress bomber ended its rare, eight-day stay Thursday at this airlift hub in western Tokyo with a thundering 7:30 a.m. departure. The 1961-vintage bomber took ...