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How A Single Test Flight Crash Set Back The B-52J Radar Program By Months

How A Single Test Flight Crash Set Back The B-52J Radar Program By Months

Despite a new delay to the much-anticipated B-52J program, the initiative will still extend the type's life to the 2050s...

Daniel S Osipov 2 months ago
Why The US Air Force's 1950s B-52 Is Easier To Modernize Than Its 1990s F-22 Raptor

Why The US Air Force's 1950s B-52 Is Easier To Modernize Than Its 1990s F-22 Raptor

While the F-22 is the "king of air combat", the crown for "ease of upgrade" easily goes to the venerable B-52. Now let's...

Christian P. Martin 2 months ago
How The B-21 Raider Compares To The B-2 Spirit, B-52 & B-1B – And Why It Wins Every Category

How The B-21 Raider Compares To The B-2 Spirit, B-52 & B-1B – And Why It Wins Every Category

How the B-21 Raider compares with the B-52, B-1B, and B-2—and why it will shape the USAF's future bomber force.

Antonio Di Trapani 3 months ago
The Cold War Operation That Kept Nuclear-Armed B-52s Minutes From Soviet Airspace At All Times

The Cold War Operation That Kept Nuclear-Armed B-52s Minutes From Soviet Airspace At All Times

The reason why the USAF kept nuclear armed B-52s on continual rotation just outside of Soviet airspace...for nearly a de...

Christian P. Martin 3 months ago
This Cold War Bomber Survived 20 Retirement Attempts To Become The US Air Force's Most-Deployed Strike Aircraft

This Cold War Bomber Survived 20 Retirement Attempts To Become The US Air Force's Most-Deployed Strike Aircraft

The B-52 may live to be 100, even though efforts to find a replacement started in the 1950s when it was still being buil...

Aaron Spray 3 months ago
Why The B-52's New Rolls-Royce Engines Will Make America's 70-Year-Old Bomber More Efficient Than Ever

Why The B-52's New Rolls-Royce Engines Will Make America's 70-Year-Old Bomber More Efficient Than Ever

The next chapter in the story of the B-52 is now being written.

Luke Diaz 3 months ago
Why America's B-52 Stratofortress Is More Lethal In 2026 Than When It Was Built

Why America's B-52 Stratofortress Is More Lethal In 2026 Than When It Was Built

The BUFF keeps leveling up on its path to become the USAF's centurion.

Luke Diaz 3 months ago
How Many Miles Per Gallon Does A B-52 Stratofortress Get?

How Many Miles Per Gallon Does A B-52 Stratofortress Get?

A closer look at the bomber’s real MPG, operating costs, and why the USAF still flies the B-52.

Antonio Di Trapani 3 months ago
The Real Reason The US Air Force Is Still Flying B-52s Built Before Most Of Its Pilots Were Born

The Real Reason The US Air Force Is Still Flying B-52s Built Before Most Of Its Pilots Were Born

The B-52 is an iconic Cold War aircraft. It was supposed to retire, now lets dive into why it has and will remain in ser...

Christian P. Martin 3 months ago
The US Air Force's Hypersonic Gamble Is Taking Shape & B-1B Lancer Is At The Center Of It

The US Air Force's Hypersonic Gamble Is Taking Shape & B-1B Lancer Is At The Center Of It

The B-1B Lancer has been seen with the ARRW hypersonic weapon in testing. This could point to a future as an effective h...

Christian P. Martin 4 months ago
How This 70-Year-Old Bomber Gave The US Air Force A Tactical Advantage Over Iran

How This 70-Year-Old Bomber Gave The US Air Force A Tactical Advantage Over Iran

The B-52 is a Cold War relic, but over Iran, it just proved why the USAF is keeping it around.

Christian P. Martin 5 months ago
Why The B-52 Will Outlive The Very Bombers Built To Replace It

Why The B-52 Will Outlive The Very Bombers Built To Replace It

The enduring BUFF keeps flying through the eras.

Luke Diaz 5 months ago
Why A 70-Year-Old B-52 Is Now Carrying America's Most Advanced $14 Million Stealth Nuclear Missile

Why A 70-Year-Old B-52 Is Now Carrying America's Most Advanced $14 Million Stealth Nuclear Missile

Why the 70-year-old B-52 now carries the $14M stealth AGM-181 missile—and how it keeps the US nuclear deterrent credible...

Victoria Agronsky 5 months ago
Why Does The US Air Force Still Rely On The B-52?

Why Does The US Air Force Still Rely On The B-52?

The B-52 stays relevant thanks to its low operating costs, its plentiful remaining flight hours, and the ability to use ...

Aaron Spray 5 months ago
The 6 Military Aircraft With The Longest Service Lives

The 6 Military Aircraft With The Longest Service Lives

A exploration of the world's most durable military planes.

Luke Diaz 5 months ago
7 Reasons Why The US Air Force Still Operates The B-52

7 Reasons Why The US Air Force Still Operates The B-52

From nuclear deterrence to missile truck missions, the B-52 Stratofortress remains essential to US airpower even in 2026...

Antonio Di Trapani 6 months ago
The 4 Largest Bomber Fleets In The US Air Force

The 4 Largest Bomber Fleets In The US Air Force

A closer look at some of the biggest warbirds in America.

Luke Diaz 6 months ago
Is It True That The B-2 Spirit Bomber Can Fly Faster Than The B-52 Stratofortress?

Is It True That The B-2 Spirit Bomber Can Fly Faster Than The B-52 Stratofortress?

Is the Flying Dorito faster than the BUFF?

Luke Diaz 6 months ago
How Many B-52 Stratofortresses Were Built?

How Many B-52 Stratofortresses Were Built?

The legendary B-52 Stratofortress, behemoth of the sky built to fight the unthinkable war, nearly a century later the fl...

Luke Diaz 7 months ago
Why The B-52 Stratofortress Is Poised To Reach A Century Of Flying

Why The B-52 Stratofortress Is Poised To Reach A Century Of Flying

The B-52 might not be retiring until the 1960s meaning it will likely set a new record for the longest in service US com...

Aaron Spray 8 months ago