Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The B-52 Stratofortress is old, but it remains the mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet. In fact, the classic bomber could well...
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The B-52 Stratofortress is old, but it remains the mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet. In fact, the classic bomber could well...
Progress on upgrading the B-52 Stratofortress is no longer slow rolling. This week, Raytheon delivered its first Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system for the...
Last month, two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers landed in Indonesia, marking the platform’s first deployment to that country. The intercontinental range strategic bombers landed...
American-made B-52 Stratofortress bombers arrived in Indonesia this week in the airframes first deployment to the country. Upon arrival on the island of Sumatra,...
The Second World War demonstrated the awful power of strategic bombing and the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed what strategic bombing truly meant....
The B-52 Stratofortress may be older than the crews onboard (and possibly some of their parents), but it continues to deter America’s potential adversaries....
Should the Air Force Even Bother With Upgrading the B-52?: The B-52 Stratofortress is being upgraded, but no matter how many times it is...
Reports late on Sunday claimed that six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers might soon be deployed to an air base in northern Australia. Officials in Canberra...
Over the past few weeks, the U.S. Air Force has been sending B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers to Europe to train with forward-deployed U.S. fighter...
The B-52 bomber is old, like as in really, really old. And yet, upgrade after upgrade keeps this plane flying. We asked a former...