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The Mover and Gonky Show on MSN19h
Stranded in Alaska—Then a B-52 Bomber Showed Up to Save Us!
Isolated in the freezing wilderness of Alaska, survival was our only focus—until the unthinkable happened: a B-52 bomber ...
National Security Journal on MSN1d
The B-52 Bomber Is Getting a Rolls Royce Engine
The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52H Stratofortress fleet through the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP), ...
The National Interest on MSN17h
The Air Force Wants to Keep the B-52 Stratofortress—but There’s a Catch
One would assume, upon hearing the name “Stratofortress,” that the weapon it describes would be a mighty one. Indeed, the B-52 Stratofortress is a powerful aircraft—with a long and storied history.
The National Interest on MSN7d
B-52 Bombers Begin Nuclear Training Over the American Heartland
The U.S. Air Force strengthens strategic deterrence with long-range B-52 exercises during primary nuclear training operations ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN13d
Flying the B-52: Cold War Giant, Still on Duty
The B-52 Stratofortress isn’t just a bomber it’s a flying piece of history, still serving decades after its first flight in ...
India.com13d
When US deployed nuclear submarines, used B-52 bombers to rain down missiles on India to prevent…, US attack was planned after…; know the complete story
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 ...
KSL19d
42 years ago, a B-52 bomber crashed into Square Top Mountain, killing 7 crew
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 ...
India.com23d
Cold war dark secrets: When US B-52 bomber dropped 4 deadly Nuclear bombs on…, Hiroshima atom bomb was…, the county was…
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 ...
Daily Mail7d
US B-52 bombers at airbase
The first of a number of expected US B-52 bombers touched down today at an RAF base in Gloucestershire. The long-range bomber, expected to be involved in any conflict with Iraq, is the first of ...
Interesting Engineering13d
Flying the B-52: Cold War Giant, Still on Duty
The B-52 Stratofortress isn’t just a bomber it’s a flying piece of history, still serving decades after its first flight in 1952. With eight jet engines mounted in pairs across its 185-foot ...