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A B-52 carried him to 45,000 feet and let go. Sixty seconds of rocket burn emptied 15,400 pounds from the drop tanks, Knight jettisoned...
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A B-52 carried him to 45,000 feet and let go. Sixty seconds of rocket burn emptied 15,400 pounds from the drop tanks, Knight jettisoned...
The 74-year-old Stratofortress is on its 13th distinct upgrade. Its 9,000-mile combat range and 70,000-pound bomb load gain from the F130 swap, which rolls...
Ben Rich's paper reshaped the Blackbird's forward fuselage with blunter chines, a rounded underside and a longer nose for radar to fit the 14-foot...
The B-52 was flying an airborne alert route under Operation Chrome Dome, Strategic Air Command's program to keep nuclear-armed bombers in the air at...
The Air Force canceled production of the B-70 bomber in 1961, three years before the XB-70 Valkyrie prototype ever flew. That sounds like a...
The US Air Force had plans to start winding down the B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bomber fleets. That seems on hold with upgrades...
The B-52H is being re-engined with Rolls-Royce F130s for a 30 percent fuel efficiency gain, and the old AN/APQ-166 is being replaced with an...
The Government Accountability Office examined all 13 programs inside the US Air Force's roughly $21,000,000,000 B-52 modernization effort and found 10 of them running...
What will happen when the B-52 finally reaches its 100-year service milestone? Who knows. Either way, the BUFF has already made its mark on...
Six months of American and Israeli air attacks destroyed Iranian radars, command centers and S-300 batteries. They did not destroy the network. The proof...