Before the B-52 Stratofortress Gets New Engines, $870 Million Will Go Into the Old Ones
17 Nov 2023, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Engine maker Pratt & Whitney got a $870 million contract to keep the engine on the B-52 Stratofortress running before the new ones get here a few years from now
New Rolls-Royce Engines for the B-52 Stratofortress to Wrap Up Testing by the End of 2023
8 Sep 2023, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced the F130 units it's testing for use in the B-52 Stratofortress should be ready by the end of the year
B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades
2 Jun 2023, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing announced this week it has began fitting a new radar system on the B-52 Stratofortress as the plane will stay in service until 2050
The Last Engines the Mighty B-52 Stratofortress Is Ever Going to Get Enter Testing Phase
3 Mar 2023, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Engine maker Rolls-Royce has begun testing the F130 engines that will soon go on the wings of the B-52 Stratofortress, will serve the bombers until they retire
American B-52 Fires Hypersonic Weapon That Can Cover 70 Miles Per Minute
1 Feb 2023, 14:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne tested for the second time the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, shot from a B-52
Parked’n’Proud B-52 Shows All the Confidence of Something That Can Tear Cities Apart
17 Aug 2022, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A B-52 Stratofortress deployed with an undisclosed unit is seen here parked on the flightline at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota
Imagine Seeing This in the Morning Over Your Quiet Desert Town
27 Jul 2022, 08:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A B-52 Stratofortress is seen here flying over an undisclosed city in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, looks ready to drop bombs
This is America's First Air Launched Cruise Missile, Looks Vicious Next to a B-52 Bomber
23 Jul 2022, 14:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The AGM-86 as a dedicated air-to-ground cruise missile was first launched from underneath the wing of a Boeing B-52G Stratofortress in March 1976.
This Is What Eight Turbofan Engines Do to the Air Behind the B-52 Stratofortress
19 May 2022, 09:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress deployed with the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is seen here flying over the Arctic Ocean back in March
B-52 Stratofortress Shoots Hypersonic Weapon Off the Coast California, It Hits Mach 5
17 May 2022, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress dropped a AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), and it successfully flew at Mach 5 for the first time
B-52 Stratofortress Droppings Come in the Form of F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-4 Phantoms
30 Apr 2022, 23:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An American B-52 Stratofortress and four Greek fighter jets, including the rare F-4 Phantom, are seen here during a joint exercise in early April
Omani Eurofighter Typhoons Trail B-52 Stratofortress in Almost Perfect Symmetry
18 Apr 2022, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two Royal Air Force of Oman Eurofighter Typhoons are seen here escorting an American B-52 Stratofortress over the Sultanate at the end of March
Massive B-52 Stratofortress Looks Flimsy Flying Over the Mighty Alps
1 Apr 2022, 23:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress deployed with the 69th Bomb Squadron is seen here flying over the Alps during a Bomber Task Force operation
This Is How the B-52 Stratofortress Pulls Up at the Gas Station
28 Mar 2022, 11:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress is seen in this USAF photo on a refueling mission with a KC-135 Stratotanker sometime in February near Guam
Saab JAS 39 Gripen Look Puny Chasing B-52 Stratofortress Over Sweden
21 Mar 2022, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two Saab JAS 39 Gripen with the Swedish Air Force are seen here flying close to an American B-52 Stratofortress back in February
B-52 Stratofortress Spits Out Dark Fumes From All Eight Engines Over Singapore
6 Mar 2022, 00:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress is seen here conducting a flyover at the Changi Air Base in Singapore during the local air show back in February
B-52 Stratofortress Engine Is This Big
5 Mar 2022, 00:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress on the deck of the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada back in January, subjected to an engine change at the hands of USAF engineers
Massive B-52 Stratofortress Bombers Struggle with High Winds, Seem to Drop Out of the Sky
21 Feb 2022, 13:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two B-52 Stratofortress bombers returning from a mission to Sweden had to battle high winds as they came in to land at RAF Fairford
Conviair YB60: Colossal, Jet Powered, and Slain By the Stratofortress
21 Feb 2022, 00:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / First taken to the sky on April 18th, 1952. Pilots were impressed by the capabilities of the YB-60 airframe, and it looked like a full production was next
185-Foot Wings Take B-52H Stratofortress to the Sky, Will Do So Until Bomber Turns 100
7 Feb 2022, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52H Stratofortress is seen here taking off from the Arkansas Aeroplex during an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise which took place earlier in January