An iconic aircraft, the B-52 Stratofortress has been in US Air Force service since 1955. The B-52H is the only variant in service today, with 72 aircraft active as of early 2024. Ongoing upgrades ...

The bilateral exercise, which included formation flight and Defensive Counter Air training, was held following “intensified ...

Jet engine technology has moved on a long way since the TF33 was developed in the 1950s, and thus newer designs could bring great benefits to the B-52 platform. The B-2 Spirit, pictured here ...

A B-52 on the Trestle. The Wedge is on the left. Source: USAF, public domain But the Trestle itself was not the only huge aspect of ATLAS-1. The whole point of the thing was to bathe aircraft in ...

The required sample size for this test will meet a historical Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) requirement of two B-52 aircraft. "After a successful loading of 20 missiles, our 2nd Operations ...

"We're the ones telling the aircrew the jet's good to fly. Their lives are in our hands." Throughout the course of a mission, a B-52 can encounter malfunctions, sustain damage, or endure simple ...

While traditional weaponry may not be as useful as it once was, all US fighters still have them, and they aren't going ...

The testing at NASA Stennis “marked the first time F130 engines were tested in the dual-pod engine configuration of the B-52 aircraft,” the company has said, and the Rapid Twin Pod Tests ...

At NASA Stennis, testing the F130 engines in the dual-pod setup for the B-52 aircraft happened for the first time. The quick Twin Pod Tests were key in confirming Rolls-Royce’s analysis ...

The Gulfstream G650 business jet now flies with a version of the F130 engine. However, the twin pod, underwing configuration planned for the B-52 will be a different mount for those engines ...