#B-52
The $14 Million Nuclear Missile Quietly Linking America's 70-Year-Old B-52 To The Brand-New B-21 Raider
The B-52J and B-21 are to be linked by the next-generation stealthy nuclear cruise missile currently under development b...
The $48.6 Billion B-52J Upgrade Just Locked In 2 Small American Towns Through 2050
The upgraded B-52 will keep two small towns at the center of US nuclear deterrence strategy for years to come, while the...
Why The US Air Force Still Flies A Strategic Bomber With A Cockpit Designed In The 1960s
The B-52 began its service life in the 1950s; it's still flying today because it's easy to modernize and it can carry an...
Why The B-52's New Engines Will Make It More Powerful Than Jets Built 40 Years After It
One engine swap makes a 1950s bomber more useful than the aircraft designed to replace it.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
The Last Boeing‑Built Heavy Bomber Still Airworthy
A closer look at the veteran Boeing warbird.
This Bomber Defied 15 Years Of Retirement Proposals To Become USAF's Most-Deployed Long-Range Strike Aircraft
These famous bombers will remain in service for nearly a century after their introduction.
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...
Why America's Oldest Strategic Bombers Are More Valuable Than Ever
The weary warbirds that continue to defend the skies.
Why This Long-Range Bomber Will Likely Be The 1st Jet Aircraft To Reach 100 Years Of Continuous Flying
Upgrades, new engines, and modern radar are keeping the B-52 Stratofortress on track to become the first jet aircraft to...
Why The US Air Force Flew B-52s At 70 Degrees Of Bank While Connected To A Tanker
A viral video captured the US Air Force performing a seemingly impossible maneuver with a B-52 bomber.
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.