B-52 Stratofortresses have been the mainstay of the Air Force’s bomber fleet since they were developed for the Offutt-based Strategic Air Command in the early 1950s. The B-52, tail number 60 ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress has flown for seven ... Force with 58 considered operational with the 2nd Bomb Wing and 5th Bomb Wing, 18 are in the reserve ...

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carried out a combined ... The bomber, which is assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and designated to the 23rd Expeditionary ...

Tinker will carry out a series of major upgrades to the B-52 in the 2030s that include replacing their 1960s-era engines, and is getting ready for the modernization effort. (Greg Davis/Air Force ...

But the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 bomber fleet is showing its age, and the Red Gremlin II is no exception. On a crisp, clear morning in January, its five-person aircrew from the 11th Bomb Squadron ...

A recent audit of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress revealed that the United States Air Force’s $48.6 billion modernization plan is at risk of being negatively impacted by supply chain issues as the Air ...

A CV-22 Osprey lands at Cannon Air Force Base's Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., July 22, 2015. (Master Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr./Air Force) The Air Force is investigating whether children who live ...

Jason Armagost became commander of Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike ... Control and Communications systems. The 5th Bomb Wing has B-52 bombers and the 91st Missile Wing has ...

Boeing is set to equip a B-52 bomber from the U.S. Air Force 307th Bomb Wing with the Active Electronically Scanned Array system, manufactured by Raytheon Technologies, Air Force Materiel Command ...

A USAF’s B-52H aircraft prepared for launch before flying to Moron Air Base to participate in BTF 23-2 at Minot AFB. Credit: © US Air Force, photo by Staff Sgt ...

Last April, the Air Force released previously classified footage of their devastating new “QUICKSINK” smart bomb successfully sinking a large cargo ship in one clean shot. More recently, the Air Force ...