The B-52 bomber remains essential due to structural viability and cutting-edge upgrades. Despite its 1960s origins, enhanced avionics, advanced weaponry, and the new Rolls Royce F-130 engines have ...

The enhanced B-52 platform is expected to play a critical role in the Air Force’s bomber strategy for years to come.

The B-52 Stratofortress is a strategic bomber that ... patrolling the skies carrying nuclear weapons. US European command (Eucom) said the deployment of American forces in Europe “demonstrates ...

First taking to the skies in April 1952, and introduced into the US Air Force in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress has since become a mainstay of American air power. Originally developed as a nuclear ...

After two planes collided, three hydrogen bombs hit a Spanish village, and one fell into the sea nearby. Two years later, villagers talked to the BBC about the terrifying accident.

At Minot Air Force Base, 12 B-52 bombers were deployed in an exercise to demonstrate that the squadron could project nuclear force "anywhere, anytime." Produced by Noah Friedman. Original ...

On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...

What's it like to fly a B-52 during a simulated nuclear alert? Journalist and Defense News contributor Jeff Bolton finds out. What's it like to fly in a B-52? Journalist and Defense News ...

Redwing aircraft comprised a B-52 (lead), B-66s (flanking), a B-47 ... I flew a Republic F-84F into seven nuclear explosions to measure the effects of the heat and the shock wave on aircraft.

At that point, all stands between the world and nuclear disaster may be the flip of a switch — literally. This was the case on January 24, 1961, when a B-52 bomber carrying two powerful hydrogen ...