The enhanced B-52 platform is expected to play a critical role in the Air Force’s bomber strategy for years to come.

The B-52 bomber remains essential due to structural viability and cutting-edge upgrades. Despite its 1960s origins, enhanced ...

The U.S. Air Force is thinking about replacing the late-1950s- era engines on its Boeing B-52 bombers with modern ... replaced rubber bladders, boosting payload and range. It was designed to ...

The US is considering deploying its nuclear capable B-52 bombers against Daesh (ISIL ... primarily the range and payload the airplane provides,” he added. It has not yet been disclosed how ...

The B-52H can lug a weapons payload of more than 70,000 pounds ... Even as China and Russia work to develop their own strategic bombers, matching the B-52’s capabilities will be tough for ...

On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...

The resulting increased range and payload capacity will make the B-52 ... if we don’t extend the service lives of our 76 B-52 bombers, the alternative is to purchase brand-new bombers.

The first of a number of expected US B-52 bombers touched down today at an RAF base in Gloucestershire. The long-range bomber, expected to be involved in any conflict with Iraq, is the first of ...