First launched in the 1950s, it survived Cold War missions with live nuclear bombs, fought in Vietnam, dropped nearly half the munitions in Desert Storm, and even shot down MiGs. Over time, it traded ...

At Altus Air Force Base, in the desolate tablelands of western Oklahoma, B-52E tail gunner ... bomber fleet, nearly 10 times the size of the Soviet Union’s, consisted of 1,300 Boeing B-47 and B ...

Four enormous radial engines on the newly restored Boeing B-29 Doc are firing up nearby. It’s July 17, and here—near the site of the factory where the bomber ... the tail gunner so we could ...

The enhanced B-52 platform is expected to play a critical role in the Air Force’s bomber strategy for years to come. Efforts to incorporate new upgrades to the Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress ...

On Monday, April 11, 1983, a B-52G identified as LURE 75 and its companion, LURE 76, were set to depart from Robins Air Force Base, 18 miles southeast of Macon, Georgia. The scheduled takeoff time ...

One of the most widely known accidents that occurred during the Cold war was in 1966, where a B-52 bomber returning to North Carolina, Spain collided mid-air with a KC-135 tanker during a ...

On Monday, April 11, 1983, a B-52G identified as LURE 75 and its companion, LURE 76, were set to depart from Robins Air Force Base, 18 miles southeast of Macon, Georgia.

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The US invoked its right to “peaceful transit”, and put its fleet of B-52 bombers in Diego Garcia on high-alert. The B-52 bombers were given coordinates to bomb India’s Agni and Prithvi ...