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National Security Journal on MSN9h
The Air Force’s ‘New’ B-52J Bomber Is Getting a ‘Rolls Royce’ Upgrade
The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52 Stratofortress bombers, re-designating them as B-52Js. -The most significant change is ...
National Security Journal on MSN9d
The B-52 Bomber Has 1 Secret Weapon That Makes it Unstoppable
The B-52 bomber remains essential due to structural viability and cutting-edge upgrades. Despite its 1960s origins, enhanced ...
Smithsonian Magazine3y
The B-52 Just Keeps on Flying
The U.S. Air Force is thinking about replacing the late-1950s- era engines on its Boeing B-52 bombers with modern ... replaced rubber bladders, boosting payload and range. It was designed to ...
The Victoria Advocate23d
Increasing Lethality, Warfighting, and Readiness with the B-52
The resulting increased range and payload capacity will make the B-52 ... if we don’t extend the service lives of our 76 B-52 bombers, the alternative is to purchase brand-new bombers.
The National Interest26d
B-52s Fly Over Sweden in NATO Show of Force
The B-52H can lug a weapons payload of more than 70,000 pounds ... Even as China and Russia work to develop their own strategic bombers, matching the B-52’s capabilities will be tough for ...
A lesson buried in the Mediterranean: How a mid-air collision dropped four US nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...
San Antonio Express-News1mon
B-52 with retro paint job, futuristic weapons gets attention over Texas
An Air Force bomber with a retro paint scheme and payload of futuristic weapons has ... It’s part of an upgrade to keep the aging B-52 fleet modern and flying through 2050.