The B-52H 61-0028 has the forward fuselage, wings near the wingtips, engine nacelles, and vertical stabilizer painted in dayglo orange, contrasting the typical dark gray paint of the Stratofortress. A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber has been spotted sporting an...
B-52 Stratofortress crews from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota and the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, participated in hypersonic weapon familiarization training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 27,...
The B-52 lands in South Korea for the first time. (Image credit: Yonhap) A B-52H landed at Cheongju International Airport, marking the very first time in more than three decades, the iconic bomber landed in South Korea. A U.S. Air Force...
A B-52H with the Unreal 5 Engine and Fortnite Logos (The Aviationist using U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail) Boeing relies on Fortnite technology to upgrade the B-52. A popular 3D computer graphics game engine, developed by Epic...
The B-52 during the crabwalk on Jul. 16, 2023. (Image: screenshot from Misael Hernandez Ocasio video) After its display at RIAT (Royal International Air Tattoo), the B-52 Stratofortress bomber hit 18 runway lights with the outrigger wheel. As usual, one of...
A B-52 arrives at Joint Base San Antonio. The aircraft will undergo installation of a new radar system at a nearby Boeing facility. (Courtesy photo by the Boeing Co.) The B-52 Radar Modernization Program has just started. With the landing at...
Screenshots from the video showing the B-52 during the fictional nuclear strike and a B-57 bomber navigating near a nuclear explosion. A 1960 Strategic Air Command training video familiarized B-52 crews with the devastating effects of nuclear weapons and how to...
Rolls-Royce F130 engines for the B-52 aircraft at the NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. (Image credit: Rolls-Royce) Rolls-Royce has begun testing F130 engines for the United States Air Force B-52 fleet at the NASA Stennis Space Center. Rolls-Royce has announced...
