One engine swap makes a 1950s bomber more useful than the aircraft designed to replace it.

As we continue the Boneyard Files series, which showcases some of the retired aircraft resting at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, in the late 1960s, today’s story features the Boeing ...

A B-52 that crashed during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California was in the air a very short time before slamming into the ground about halfway down the runway.

LOS ANGELES — The B-52 involved in a deadly crash during a test flight at an Air Force base in California made a sharp right and then nearly completed a 180-degree turn before plunging to the ground ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Air Force B‑52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday, prompting an immediate ...

Upgrades to the iconic US Air Force heavy bomber, which include new engines and an improved radar, are meant to keep the Vietnam-era jet flying into the 2050s. Modernisations to the US Air Force (USAF ...

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 ...

Eight people onboard the long-range bomber were killed in a crash at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday. The mishap also reduced the number of operational B-52s ...

A U.S. Air Force B‑52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday.