Latest B-52 Stories
B-52 Bomber Is Now Also A Cargo Hauler
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Aug 30, 2022
B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 16, 2022
The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Apr 29, 2022
A Look Back At All The B-52 Variants As The Iconic Bomber Hits 70
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 16, 2022
America’s Latest Hypersonic Cruise Missile Made A Secret Test Flight
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 5, 2022
Watch This B-52 ‘Crabwalk’ Down The Runway In A Heavy Crosswind Like Only It Can
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 22, 2022
B-52 Bombers Return To Europe At A Very Tense Time
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 11, 2022
Behold The Naked Warplanes Of Tinker Air Force Base
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 30, 2021
The Air Force’s 60-Year-Old B-52 Bombers Are Getting Their First USB Ports
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 22, 2021
Confessions Of A B-52 Stratofortress Maintainer
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 17, 2021
B-52 Bomber’s Wing Torn Up After Hitting Fence At Barksdale Air Force Base (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 12, 2021
This Is The Most Incredible Tour Of A B-52 Stratofortress We Have Ever Seen
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 11, 2021
Rolls Royce Will Provide Long-Awaited New Jet Engines For The B-52 Bomber Fleet
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 24, 2021
Barksdale B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal In New Loadout Photos
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 30, 2021
B-52 Simulated A Hypersonic Weapon Strike During Massive Alaskan War Games
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 6, 2021
Israeli F-15s Were Armed With Old Missiles During B-52 Escort
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 8, 2021
The Air Force Is Having To Reverse Engineer Parts Of Its Own Stealth Bomber
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 1, 2021
Check Out These Stunning Images Of The Super Bowl’s Bomber Trio Flyover
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 8, 2021
B-52s Return To The Middle East In Show Of Force As Biden Weighs Iran Policy
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 27, 2021
Pentagon Releases Terrifying Video Of Russian Su-27 Turning Directly In Front Of A B-52
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 31, 2020
Six B-52s Are Flying Over All 30 NATO Nations In An Unprecedented Show Of Force (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 28, 2020
Six B-52 Strategic Bombers Fly Alongside Norwegian Fighters In A Clear Signal To Russia
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 24, 2020
Check Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 9, 2020
The Time A F-4G Wild Weasel’s Anti-Radiation Missile Blew Apart A B-52’s Tail
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
B-52 Bomber Made Run Straight At Crimea During Long Range Mission
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 15, 2020
B-52 Bomber Spotted Flying Low Just Off Somali Coast (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 6, 2020
This Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just Bonkers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 8, 2020
Watch NBA Legend Karl Malone Take The Controls Of A B-52 Bomber In Flight
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 26, 2020
The B-52 Almost Got An Ahead Of Its Time Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Named Skybolt
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 23, 2020
The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 19, 2020
The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 19, 2020
B-52s Would Have Nuked Their Way Through Soviet Air Defenses With These Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
Now The Air Force Wants New Engines For Its B-52s That Burn 40 Percent Less Fuel
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The US Air Force Has Taken Another Step Toward Re-Engining its B-52s
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Official USAF Twitter Jokes About Nuclear War and Questions Santa’s Existence
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
No, the USAF Hasn’t Put its Nuclear Bombers Back on 24/7 Alert, Yet
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
B-52s Are Back In The Skies Of Afghanistan Dropping Bombs Once Again
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Everything You Need To Know About The USAF’s New Nuclear Cruise Missile Program
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Boeing Made A Six Minute Long Cartoon About Re-Engining the B-52
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The B-52 Is About to Become a Much More Effective Psychological Operations Tool
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The B-52 Looks Set To Become The USAF’s Hypersonic Weapons Truck Of Choice
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 18, 2019
Behold The First Flight Of A B-52 Bomber Carrying The AGM-183A Hypersonic Missile
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 17, 2019
B-52 Bomber Flies For The First Time With New Hypersonic Missile Under Its Wing
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 13, 2019
A B-52H Nicknamed “Wise Guy” Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone Yard
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 15, 2019
Northrop Grumman Is Vying To Give B-52 Bomber A Game-Changing New Radar
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 26, 2019
B-52 Tested 2,000lb Quickstrike-ER Winged Standoff Naval Mines During Valiant Shield
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 20, 2018
Air Force Offers First Details Of Future Plans For An Upgraded B-52J Bomber
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 28, 2018
Last Night We Heard What It Sounds Like Just Before A B-52 Begins The End Of The World
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 27, 2018
The Air Force Wants Its B-52s To Carry Mysterious 20,000lb Weapons Under Their Wings
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 22, 2018
Watch These Pilots Wrangle Their B-52 Onto The Runway In This Awesome 360 Video
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 13, 2018
B-52s Are Headed Toward Guam Where B-1Bs And B-2As Are Already Forward Deployed
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 16, 2018
B-52H Bombers Have Arrived In Guam To Take Over The Continuous Bomber Presence Mission
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 16, 2018
Air Force Releases Causes Of Recent B-52 And U-2 Crashes
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 27, 2017
Watch a B-52 Obliterate This Massive ISIS Held Hotel In Mosul
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 20, 2017