A B-52 Stratofortress crashed after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base during a radar modernization test mission, killing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, ...

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a living testament to the saying -- if it ain't broken, don't fix it. Boasting a service career that now numbers over seven decades, it is expected to remain in ...

For more than 60 years, the B-52 has been the "backbone of the strategic bomber force for the United States." Now officials are looking into what went wrong in a deadly crash at Edwards Air Force Base ...

The new engine pod covers, worth 1.2 million USD, will assist in preventing damage to the B-52 engines. Pilots and maintainers at Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) now have new engine covers ...

The most recent development with continued B-52 improvement pertains to the well-known re-engining effort for the aircraft. For many years, the Air Force has been working with Boeing and Rolls-Royce ...

In the near future, the US Air Force’s B-52 bombers will be equipped with Rolls-Royce F130 turbofan engines, dramatically expanding their range. The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in the 1950s, yet it ...

For one reason or another, airplanes, no matter their make or use, have a habit of being very reliable, in the sense that they can still fly, safely, decades after they rolled off the assembly lines.

The iconic B-52 Stratofortress carries eight jet engines for a straightforward reason rooted in history. When the aircraft was conceived in the late nineteen forties, engine technology simply could ...

The eight-engined Stratofortress was designed to haul heavy bomb payloads long distances, and in that simple, straightforward respect, the B-52 can still perform. The new Rolls Royce F130 engines, ...

You might think the bloggers and YouTubers of the world have already found and profiled every neat or obscure project for a military aircraft that never left the drawing board. But every once in a ...