The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is one of the most iconic heavy bombers in history, and in 2015, it marked an incredible ...

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a legendary long-range strategic bomber with a legacy spanning over six decades. First introduced in 1955 during the Cold War, it was originally designed to ...

When Michael Riggs started work on the Boeing B-52 programme almost 20 years ago, the newly-hired engineering graduate expected Boeing would soon move him off the Stratofortress programme.

Manufacturer: Boeing Military Airplane Co. Power plant: Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan Armament: Approximately 70,000 pounds mixed ordnance -- bombs, mines and missiles Speed ...

The B-52 Stratofortress has been flying for the Air Force for seven decades. New upgrades to keep it flying, though, have ...

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. July 16, 2014. ... The B-52 was the U.S. Air Force’s main long-range heavy bomber during the Cold War, and continues to be an important part of the bomber force today.

The iconic B-52 Stratofortress has unique landing gear just for its wing tips thanks to the massive amount of weight of its ...

That the B-52 Stratofortress is still in service for the U.S. Air Force is something of a minor miracle. Designed by Boeing, the 160-foot-long strategic bombers weren’t much to look at when the ...

When General Nathan Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957, called the Boeing B-52 “the long rifle of the air age” shortly after it entered service on June 29, 1955, no one ...

The B-52 Stratofortress was designed in 1948, and it flew for the first time in 1952. ... The Boeing B-52 bomber has flown in every post-World War II conflict that the United States has fought.

The close encounter near Minot International Airport forced the Minneapolis-to-Minot flight into an "aggressive maneuver," ...

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress long-range bomber has been the workhorse of the United States Air Force for more than seventy years, and efforts are being made to keep the aircraft flying until the ...