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B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Getting Fighter-Like Radar to Stay Fit for Three More Decades
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
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
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
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
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 B-52G Bomber Will Not Be Serving 100 Years, is Gate Guard Outside Little League Park
This B-52G Bomber Will Not Be Serving 100 Years, is Gate Guard Outside Little League Park

21 Jul 2022, 00:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Say hello to the lovely Mohawk Valley. Safe to say, this B-52G's days of dropping bombs are long behind it. It stands on display outside a baseball park

 
This Is What Eight Turbofan Engines Do to the Air Behind the B-52 Stratofortress
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

 
Rolls-Royce Pumps $400M in the Indianapolis Facility for Advanced Engine Testing
Rolls-Royce Pumps $400M in the Indianapolis Facility for Advanced Engine Testing

21 Mar 2022, 07:34 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Rolls-Royce engine manufacturing and testing facilities in Indiana will become some of its most advanced campuses in the entire world

 
B-52 Stratofortress Spits Out Dark Fumes From All Eight Engines Over Singapore
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
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

 
Big Ugly Fat Fella Fueling Over the Desert Is Not Something That Goes by Unnoticed
Big Ugly Fat Fella Fueling Over the Desert Is Not Something That Goes by Unnoticed

20 Jan 2022, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A B-52 Stratofortress deployed with the 5th Bomb Wing is seen here at the end of a refueling, looks as impressive as it always has

 
B-52 Stratofortress Getting New Power Systems to Keep It Flying Until It Turns 100
B-52 Stratofortress Getting New Power Systems to Keep It Flying Until It Turns 100

12 Jan 2022, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace gets another contract for the upgrade efforts for the B-52 Stratofortress, to make a new electric power generation system

 
B-52 Stratofortress Lives Into the 2050s With Improved Electronic Warfare System
B-52 Stratofortress Lives Into the 2050s With Improved Electronic Warfare System

8 Oct 2021, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-52 Stratofortress has already been confirmed as gunning to become the first airplane of its kind to fly for a full century, major upgrades are in order

 
Rolls-Royce to Put New Jet Engines on the U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber Fleet
Rolls-Royce to Put New Jet Engines on the U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber Fleet

25 Sep 2021, 04:34 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On Friday, September 24th, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $2.6 billion contract to Rolls-Royce to provide jet engines for the B-52 bomber fleet