FORT HOOD, Texas — If your home was shaking this morning, Fort Hood officials say there’s a reason. Training flights from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana involve B-52 bombers dropping 500-pound ...
There are currently 76 B-52s in the US Air Force fleet—and many of these graduates are young enough to be the grandchildren of the original pilots of those aircraft. In the past month, college ...
The United States is doubling down on one of its oldest yet most versatile combat aircraft, handing Boeing roughly $2 billion to overhaul the B-52 bomber fleet for decades of additional service. The ...