It was built by Boeing during the Cold War era to carry out nuclear missions and made its maiden flight in April 1952.The ...

The B-52 Stratofortress has been a stalwart of the U.S. Air Force since the 1950s. From serving as the key component of our ...

VIKING NEBULA shows what happens when military operation planners try to come up with a good mission name, unlike Odyssey ...

The arrival of C-17s and KC-135s to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is raising eyebrows as a possible attack pointed towards ...

Fighter jets from NATO countries intercepted two long-range U.S. heavy bombers in intensive Arctic drills, as tensions ...

After weeks of high-intensity training and multinational integration, four U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers have ...

The U.S. has deployed heavy, radar-evading B-2 bombers to the Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean, a warning to Iran and ...

The B-52 is one of the four deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, as a part of the Bomber Task Force 25-2 (BTF 25-2) that began on Feb. 11, 2025. From the images released by both the services, we can see ...

(Air Force photo by Matt Williams) The B-52 Stratofortress is involved in a massive upgrade program that is going to keep it at the forefront of the U.S. strategic bomber fleet through at least 2050.

A key facet of the B-52’s capability is its eight-engine power plant: four engines on each wing, two on each pylon, which gives the bomber global reach. The Pratt & Whitney TF33s have served in ...