The B-52 Stratofortress has been built in many different variants over the years, with the current platform, the B-52H, remaining in ... cannon mounted in a tail turret. The M61 Vulcan cannon ...

In 1964, a B-52H crew was pushing the bomber to its limits when suddenly things went very wrong. The vertical stabilizer—the tail fin—sheared off in flight, forcing the crew to make a wild ...

The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries.

A B-52H nicknamed ‘Wise Guy’ has become only ... it was videoed taking to the skies once again last week. The B-52, tail number 60-034, was filmed by Redhome Aviation taking flight at ...

On Jan. 10, 1964, a B-52H flown by Boeing civilian test pilot Chuck Fisher and his three man crew lost its tail at about 14,000 ft over northern New Mexico’s Sangre de Christo Mountains.

A US Air Force Boeing B-52H is back in flight after spending eight ... active duty force and 18 more in reserve units. Ghostrider, tail number 61-007, arrived at Tinker last fall before entering ...

Tail number 60-041 exited its parking spot, "Whiskey 2," early afternoon on Tuesday for a planned five-hour flight to allow crew from ...

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) successfully tested a new internal rotary bomb launcher installed in the internal weapons bay of a B-52H long-range heavy bomber, according to a July 19 USAF press release.