News

Stratofortress long-range bomber has been the workhorse of the United States Air Force for more than seventy years, and ...
A recent Chinese military research paper has spotlighted an unexpected threat in the evolving U.S.-China strategic rivalry: ...
When Michael Riggs started work on the Boeing B-52 programme almost 20 years ago, the newly-hired engineering graduate expected Boeing would soon move him off the Stratofortress programme.
Manufacturer: Boeing Military Airplane Co. Power plant ... and an icon of the United States’ Cold War deterrent, the B-52 Stratofortress was for decades the U.S. Air Force’s primary strategic ...
A U.S. B-52 bomber will fly over Riga with NATO allies, symbolizing a commitment to Baltic security. The event includes a ...
The B-52 Stratofortress first flew on April 15 ... And it does an impressive fly-over for sporting events and air shows. Boeing plants in Seattle and Wichita, Kan., built 744 of the bombers ...
When General Nathan Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957, called the Boeing B-52 “the ... foil for popular music, the Stratofortress is a military and cultural fixture. The ...
With the landing at a Boeing Co., facility in San Antonio, of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, the Air Force’s B-52 Radar ...
Boeing relies on Fortnite technology to upgrade the B-52. A popular 3D computer graphics ... is helping Boeing in the upgrade of the iconic Stratofortress bombers to the B-52J standard.
In April, 2002, in Wichita, Kansas, coinciding with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the B-52's first test flight at the Boeing plant, members of the B-52 Stratofortress Association held ...
The B-52 was the U.S. Air Force’s main long-range heavy bomber during the Cold War, and continues to be an important part of the bomber force today. Nearly 750 were built before production ...