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Entire B-52 bomber fleet can go nuclear on command, Air Force confirms

The U.S. Air Force’s recent statements about the B-52 bomber’s nuclear role need to be understood in terms of both current ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

America’s biggest air arm is turning the B-52 into a hypersonic shooter

What will it be like to re-assemble a 1960s bomber powered to launch some of the fastest air-launched bombs ever to be tested? Modern identity of the B-52 has little to do with its image during ...
Stars and Stripes

B-52H bombers could fly past 100th birthday under a new contract awarded to Boeing

Boeing received a $2 billion contract last month to start work on extending the life of 60-year-old U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers into the 2060s. The program to upgrade all 76 B-52Hs is ...
Air Force Times

Airmen flying B-52 bombers should be more comfortable, lawmakers say

A B-52 Stratofortress takes off from the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, March 26, 2024. (Master Sgt. Staci Kasischke/Air Force) Life aboard the military’s oldest bombers could become a ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Entire B-52 bomber fleet can be nuclear capable if ordered: US Global Strike Command

The U.S. can restore nuclear capability to the entire B-52 bomber fleet, according to ...
The Aviationist

All You Need To Know About The B-52 Stratofortress Bomber’s Unique Swiveling Landing Gear

The U.S. Air Force’s iconic B-52 bomber was ingeniously designed with landing gear that can be positioned up to 20 degrees left or right of the centerline for both takeoff and landing. A crabbed ...
The Aviationist

USAF B-52 Stratofortress Flies with Israeli F-35Is and F-15s in Joint Training Over Middle East

The B-52, currently deployed to the UK for BTF 25-2, practiced operational coordination and communication with Israeli F-35Is and F-15Is to deter regional threats. A U.S Air Force B-52H Stratofortress ...
Yahoo

The new B-52: How the Air Force is prepping to fly century-old bombers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — As it idled on the flight line here, a B-52H Stratofortress known as the Red Gremlin II looked ...

USAF Ready To Make All B-52s Nuclear-Capable, Load ICBMs With Multiple Warheads If Directed

U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command says it is prepared to load more warheads onto Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and restore nuclear weapons capability to the entire B-52 ...
The National Interest

The B-52 Stratofortress Faces a Massive Redesign

Despite soaring costs and complex retrofitting, the B-52’s deep modernization aims to transform it into a digitally upgraded B-52J, extending Cold War-era firepower into the 2050s and beyond. The ...
The National Interest

The B-52 Stratofortress Is Now 70 Years Old. Why Hasn’t It Been Retired Yet?

The B-52s in service today outwardly resemble those that flew in the 1950s, but their interiors have been repeatedly modernized over the years. First introduced in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress has ...
Task & Purpose

Air Force B-52 forced passenger plane to make ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid collision

The pilot of a civilian passenger jet made a sharp and abrupt maneuver just prior to landing at a North Dakota airport to avoid an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber that was performing a low-level ...