This $48.6 billion overhaul is intended to keep the (eventually redubbed) B-52J operational until about 2060 — meaning the Air Force could be flying nearly century-old bombers. When the last B ...

Provided it is genuine, the new patch may suggest the existence of a B-21 CTF dedicated to the new bomber. Interestingly, the patch features the text “Praenuntius” that means “Harbinger ...

As technology advances, bombers could face the same fate as 20th-century battleships, eventually becoming relics of the past. Is the Era of Heavy Bombers Coming to an End? The B-21 Raider's Future ...

Sixty-seven years after the U.S. Air Force received its last B-52 from Boeing, the flying branch finally has firmed up plans to fit the heavy bomber with ... nearly a century of service by 2050 ...

Since 1996 the Air Force has conducted no fewer than 13 studies examining options for new motors for the 240-ton bomber ... 52 will be approaching nearly a century of service by 2050," Tirpak ...