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The B-52’s nuclear role is quietly expanding again after treaty limits fade

The life expectancy of the B-52 had never been the interesting aspect. The kinds of engineering story that are going to be of ...
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The B-52’s new mission: More than a bomber, built for connected warfare

A 65-year-old bomber has just gone into 2026 flight testing with an AESA type of radar in a fighter style, a capability leap that would have sounded like science fiction when the first Stratofortress ...
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Air Force Pilot Wasn't Alerted to Collision Course with Passenger Jet Before Scary Near Miss, Says Official

After the incident, video footage of the Skywest pilot explaining the reason for his "aggressive maneuver" to passengers went viral North Dakota Governor's Office via AP The crew operating a B-52 ...
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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 ...
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NTSB focused on controllers after B-52 bomber and two planes nearly collided over North Dakota

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This photo provided by the North Dakota Governor's Office shows a B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base in a flyover at the ...
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NTSB Says B-52 Bomber Nearly Hit 2 Different Planes in North Dakota Last Month

Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided with a small private plane as it flew past the Minot ...
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Why Boeing's Legendary B-52 Bomber Has Those Weird Skin 'Wrinkles'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A split image showing two examples of wrinkling outer shell on a B-52 plane - Not What You Think / YouTube.com / NexwaveEdge / ...
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FAA says it will investigate incident between SkyWest jet and B-52

MINOT, N.D. -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it will investigate an incident that occurred between a Delta regional jet and a B-52 aircraft. On Friday, a Delta regional jet on ...
Newsweek

B-52 Bomber Almost Collided With Two Planes: Report

A U.S. B-52 bomber nearly hit a small aircraft after avoiding an initial collision with an airliner last month, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). President Donald Trump's ...
AOL

B-52 Bomber That Nearly Hit Airliner Last Month Almost Collided with Small Plane Less Than a Minute Later

A B-52 bomber flying over the North Dakota Fairgrounds had back-to-back near misses during a recent flight above Minot, N.D., according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety ...
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The B-52 That Almost Hit A Plane Actually Almost Hit Another Plane Too

A month after a B-52 bomber landing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota caused a SkyWest airliner to take evasive maneuvers, the National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary ...