B-52 Stratofortress Was 'Built to Punch America's Enemies in the Face' The B-52 Stratofortress, designed in 1948 and in service since 1952, is America’s longest-serving bomber, renowned for ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress has flown for seven decades and could serve until 2050, but ...

In response to escalating tensions with Russia, the U.S. Air Force has deployed several B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Europe ...

The B-52 is known for its distinctive layout of eight engines in four separate two-engine pods. Equipped with Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-103 engines, the bomber boasts a range of 8,800 miles (14,162 ...

HARDINSBURG, Ky. — In 1959, a B-52 bomber aircraft carrying two nuclear weapons collided with another aircraft midair over Kentucky. Sixty years to the day, a historical marker is being placed ...

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned Iran not… You can bake a Hot Pocket on board a B-52 nuclear bomber. Seriously. During long hours of training, or on actual bombing missions ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The United States Air Force says the B-52 bomber could be the next weapon used in the fight against ISIS. In a recent briefing, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee ...

It was the first time that a B-52 has successfully released a JASSM from its internal weapons bay. While the bomber already could carry up to 12 JASSMs on its wing pylons, the capability to ...

MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. Two Russian Sukhoi-27 jets have forced a US B-52 bomber to move away from the Russian border, the Defense Ministry told the media on Thursday. The B-52 was flying over ...

India is considering acquiring the TU-160 Blackjack bomber aircraft from Russia to boost its military strength. Known as the “White Swan,” this aircraft is a key component of Russia’s ...

Russia scrambled an Su-27 fighter on Tuesday to intercept a US B-52 bomber over the Baltic Sea, the Russian defence ministry said. The B-52 was in international airspace but close to the Russian ...