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

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-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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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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cost-reimbursable contract for B-52H software engineering services. This contract provides engineering expertise for the software on the B-52 aircraft. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, ...