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US Air Force B-52s Join the Royal Air Force for Training Exercise

U S Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers are in the United Kingdom to train alongside the Royal Air Force. Their arrival, ...
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America’s B-52s Are in Europe for the “Cobra Warrior 2025” Exercises

This marks the second deployment of US Air Force B-52s to RAF Fairford this year, following the BTF-25-2 Europe mission in ...

B-52 Bomber That Nearly Hit Airliner Last Month Almost Collided with Small Plane Less Than a Minute Later

A B-52 bomber that nearly hit a Delta Air Lines plane also almost collided with a small plane in North Dakota on July 19, ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The Sneaky Way the B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Might ‘Fly’ for 100 Years

Forget low-altitude carpet bombing—the B-52 bomber’s future is as a standoff “missile truck” that slings precision weapons ...

B-52 tail gunners scored two kills in the last bombing campign of the Vietnam War

Moore’s MIG kill was the last recorded by a strategic bomber in wartime. He was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s ...
The National Interest on MSN

America’s B-52 Stratofortress Bombers Might Be Headed Back to Europe

The goal of the B-52’s BTF missions is to be unpredictable, while allowing US bomber crews to conduct joint operations with US allies and partners.

America’s new stealth B-21 Raider takes next step with second bomber’s first flight

The Air Force announced a second B-21 Raider flight test, marking progress on the $800 million stealth bomber that will ...
Concord Monitor

As 9/11 unfolded, B-52 bombers awaited orders at the base where President Bush was taken. Glenn Carlson of Laconia was there.

Like most who were alive to witness it, Glenn Carlson of Laconia remembers where he was when news of the 9/11 terror attacks came in. Unlike almost everybody else, however, he found himself amid a ...