Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a new documentary video about the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a plane excepted to fly for 1 century.

The B-52 might not be retiring until the 1960s meaning it will likely set a new record for the longest in service US combat aircraft.

The iconic B-52 Stratofortress carries eight jet engines for a straightforward reason rooted in history. When the aircraft was conceived in the late nineteen forties, engine technology simply could ...

The B-1B came back from the dead thanks to a doctrinal shift in how US bombers should operate and the need for a bridge ahead of the B-2 Spirit.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GettyImages 909181 USAF Getty Images Too capable to simply fly away into the sunset, we look at the brilliant aircraft that ...

Six hours into a routine patrol mission over the Arctic, smoke began filling the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress carrying four hydrogen bombs. Captain John Haug and his crew fought to reach Thule Air ...

Thomas W. McCormick was a man of his word.

In a report Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board said fractures that appeared to have led the left engine to separate from the plane’s wing had occurred at least four other times. By ...

Military aircraft are typically judged by specifications and engineering elegance. But sometimes combat history repeatedly ...

The Cold War crash that governments tried to forget is drawing fresh scrutiny as Greenland’s ice begins to reveal its secrets ...