A B-52 bomber takes off at Minot Air Force Base. Forty-six of the Air Force's total 75 B-52Hs in active service are nuclear capable. A number of the B-52s have been converted to conventional-only ...

“I did the interview in September and we found out right before Thanksgiving the results of the test pilot school board,” said Christin, a B-52 aircraft commander at Minot AFB. “My commander (L ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) - More infrastructure for the newest and second B-52 squadron at Minot Air Force Base is among the major construction projects underway at the base this year. Lt. Col. Bryan ...

The B-52’s are from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and will be housed at Dyess for an undisclosed amount of time while Minot conducts routine runway maintenance. The B-52 has seen many ...

Dyess Air Force Base welcomed some familiar planes back today. Several B-52H Stratofortress bombers landed at Dyess today and will be staying until the runways at Minot Air Force Base in North ...

The Cold War-like quick reaction launch included B-52 bombers from both Minot and Barksdale AFB, Louisiana that took the air one by one for a subsequent training mission. Such exercises are ...

"The clock's ticking" on the B-52's current engines ... remain in the Air Force’s fleet at Minot and Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The service is planning a $48.6 billion overhaul of its ...

ND, visited Minot Air Force Base, home to two of the three legs of America’s nuclear triad, on May 5 where she toured ...

Gen. Ingo Gerhartz. A B-52 Stratotanker from the 69th Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, North Dakota, takes off on Jul. 17, 2024 for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Image credit: USAF/Staff Sgt.

The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching the ... the Air Force inventory and is assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D. and the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., ...

B-52s from Minot and Barksdale Air Force Base, La., have been working out of ... according to an email from Pacific Air Forces on July 11. A B-52 last landed at Yokota in 1989 during the annual ...

The B-52 plane is a long-range heavy bomber that can fly at high " subsonic speeds" at altitudes up to 50,000 feet, according to Minot AFB. Minot AFB officials say the B-52H Stratofortresses have ...