The U.S. Air Force is upgrading its B-52 Stratofortress, ensuring the 70-year-old bomber remains a key player in modern ...

Summary and Key Points: The B-52 Stratofortress, designed in 1948 and first flown in 1952, is a durable and highly effective long-range bomber that has served the U.S. Air Force for over 70 years.

A question making the rounds recently on aviation forums was why the U.S. doesn't build new B-52s if the platform is so good.

This behemoth of a bomber -- max takeoff is 488,000 lb (219,600 kilograms), and payload capacity is 70,000 lb (31,500 kg) -- ...

News Wrap: Amid escalating tensions, U.S. boosts military presence near Iran In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. military confirmed that B-52 bombers have arrived in Qatar, and an aircraft carrier ...

American B-52 Stratofortress bombers sent to the Middle East over what Washington describes as threats from Iran have arrived at a U.S. base in Qatar, U.S. Central Command said By Posted on May 10 ...

B-52J Bomber: The Air Force's 'Flying Aircraft Carrier' The B-52J is the latest upgrade to the B-52 Stratofortress, a bomber that has been in service since the 1950s. This modernization includes ...

Oklahoma aviation photographer Rob Stephens recently captured some great images of a B-52H Stratofortress with the tail ...

The B-1 bomber lost its nuclear payload after the fall of the Soviet Union, but the Air Force has kept it flying, nearly four ...

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 ...

Northrop Grumman, a major US defense contractor, is currently pushing to replace the B-52 bomber's outdated AN/APQ-166 radars with its AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as part of the B ...

The B-52 is known for its distinctive layout of eight engines in four separate two-engine pods. Equipped with Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-103 engines, the bomber boasts a range of 8,800 miles (14,162 ...