In 1968, a US B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashed onto Arctic ice near Greenland. The accident scattered radioactive material, exposed secret Cold War patrol missions, and triggered an ...

Operation Chrome Dome flew America’s nuclear strike force on 24/7 airborne patrols – B‑52 bombers circled the globe armed and ready above Greenland, Spain, and home soil – until five major accidents ...

The US and Israel’s war on Iran has raged into a fourth day, with hundreds killed and thousands forced to flee as the ...

Rolls-Royce has completed altitude and operability testing of the F130 engine, a key milestone in the USAF B-52 re-engining program toward the B-52J standard.

Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130's ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, getting closer to flight testing. Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 24, ...

The planned replacement of aging Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-103s is intended to keep the B-52s flying after the B-1 and B-2 bombers retire in the 2030s, when the upgraded Stratofortress and ...

DAYTON — It was a top-secret mission that kicked off the country’s first strikes in Operation Desert Storm in the Middle East. Now, more than 35 years later, members of seven B-52 crews that flew that ...

The Christmas Bombing that became the B-52's bloodiest chapter. December 18-29, 1972. Strategic Air Command sent 729[...] ...

U.S. Central Command confirmed that a fleet of B-52s was used to target ballistic missile and commander control posts in Iran.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lucy Boulger, head teacher of All Saints Primary School (far left), welcomed relatives of the airmen who died when their plane ...