The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in 1954 and entered military service in 1955. The aircraft have been serving for over six decades. The youngest of the active B-52s are over 60 years old.

It's a delicate ballet for these massive planes. More from Military & Defense US Air Force B-52 planes conduct aerial refueling which helps keep the planes airborne longer and saves time landing ...

It entered military US Air Force service in June 1955 ... as all operational B-52 aircraft will have seen extensive refits, ...

The B-52 is a very old aircraft ... For their use on this military plane, however, some changes were required, including fitting two of these engines in a dual-pod configuration, just like ...

Produced by Graham Flanagan Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Military & Defense The United States Air Force says the B-52 bomber could be the next weapon used in the fight against ISIS.

Discover the legendary aircraft that defined military aviation at the Barksdale Global Power Museum Air Park - where history ...

The B-52 bomber was on a routine training mission from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Wednesday when the wing-tip gear door fell from the plane over Warwickshire. Military personnel retrieved ...

Arcadia native and former B-2 pilot Col. Butler provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Air Force executes this ...

as spare parts grow scarcer and airmen regularly are increasingly forced to cannibalize other engines to keep operational planes working. The B-52′s planned upgrades are expected to keep them ...

WASHINGTON, August 30. /TASS/. Two Russian Su-27 acted in an "unsafe and unprofessional" manner when intercepting the US B-52 bomber over the Black Sea, the US Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces ...

Two Russian Sukhoi-27 jets have forced a US B-52 bomber to move away from the Russian ... residing in Poland had expressed a wish to receive military training and join the Ukrainian armed forces ...

The alphabet soup that is the military is most visible ... among aircraft is the bomber aircraft's "B," worn so famously by the legendary B-52 and the sleek B-2, among others.