The B-52 Stratofortress isn’t just a bomber it’s a flying piece of history, still serving decades after its first flight in ...

In 1991, the US planned a major military assault on India on the pretext, that the Kashmir issue had brought matters between ...

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 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 ...

After two planes collided, three hydrogen bombs hit a Spanish village, and one fell into the sea nearby. Two years later, ...

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 ...

The Pentagon has acknowledged that over 30 incidents involving crashes or fires that resulted in nuclear contamination ... Cold war was in 1966, where a B-52 bomber returning to North Carolina ...

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

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 ...

Back in St. George, at the newspaper offices, then located at 275 E. St. George Boulevard, Managing Editor Carrick Leavitt ...

A B-52 on the Trestle. The Wedge is on the left ... which was perfect for simulating the effects of a nuclear-initiated EMP. Testing on planes began in 1980. Loading the enormous warbirds onto ...

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.