A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., makes its initial landing at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, in support of Bomber Task Force Deployment 24-4, July 21, 2024. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman...
A U.S. Air Force B-52 (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos) Vapor purge testing provides critical information on how long it takes an aircraft operating in areas at risk of chemical attacks to purge hazardous chemical vapor...
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,...
A screengrab from the video shot by the B-52’s pod. The close encounter between the U.S. B-52 and the PLA J-11 took place in international airspace over the South China Sea. On Oct. 24, 2023, a Chinese J-11 intercepted a U.S....
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...
The AgilePod-26 carried by a U.S. Air Force B-52H during a ground test. (Image credit: Jacobs) The B-52 is taking part in the demo of the new AgilePod for advanced communications capabilities. The B-52 Stratofortress is involved in a massive upgrade...
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...
File photo of a B-52 during a flyover (Image credit: USAF) The scheduled flyover sent the social media on a frenzy. On Feb. 24, 2023, two B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota,...
