The B-52H is the service’s primary strategic nuclear and conventional weapons platform. When it comes to legendary aircraft, ...

As the United States and Iran remain at loggerheads over the Iranian nuclear program, satellite photos this week have shown four B-52H ...

The aircraft in the video is the B-52H with serial 61-031, a 60-years old airframe assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command’s 307th Bomb Wing. The tour begins with Lt. Col. Aaron Bohl ...

The B-52H is a marathon aircraft both in time and distance. The bomber can fly at high subsonic speeds at altitudes reaching 50,000 feet. It has eight Pratt & Whitney turbofan jet engines ...

Two American bomber aircraft took off from the United States ... The flight of the two massive B-52H Stratofortress bombers over the region, the second such mission in less than a month, was ...

The B-52 Stratofortress can carry up to 70,000 pounds of ordinance, surpassing other US bombers. Originally equipped with a defensive cannon, B-52s were later modified to carry cruise missiles.

The new engines are expected to lower operating costs and extend the useful life of the B-52H into the 2060s, meaning these aircraft will have served for a century. The new engine is the Rolls Royce ...

Every 450 flight hours, or two years, an early 1960s U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber by Boeing will come here for 23 days of phased, ...

The unique combination of aircraft comes as the military is focused on deterring and — if necessary — defeating China.

Even the paint is stripped off the entire airframe so that technicians can analyze every part of the aircraft and make repairs where needed. B-52H 61-0028 “Wolfpack” flew on Aug. 26 ...

B-52H Stratofortress, F-22 Raptor, F-15C Eagle, F-16C Fighting Falcon and the attack aircraft A-10 Thunderbolt II, according to Air Force Global Strike Command. The only bomber missing was B-21 ...

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