In December 1972, 729 B-52 sorties dropped 15,000 tons of bombs on Hanoi while North Vietnam fired 1,240 SAMs at them. 15 B-52s were shot down. It ended the Vietnam War.
The B-52 Stratofortress has been flying since 1952, yet it remains one of the most strategically relevant aircraft in the U.S ...
The B-52 was born in the shadow of World War II but entered a very different world. First flight: April 15, 1952. By the 1960s there were 742 airframes built across eight variants but the aircraft’s ...
The B-52 began its service life in the 1950s, it's still flying today because it easy to modernize and it can carry any ...
The third warship named for the Alaskan capital city was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 ...
The US launched more strikes against Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, US Central Command said. Iran’s military said it struck and disabled two “rogue supertankers,” hours after the UAE said ...
The Republican Senator from South Carolina passed away Saturday evening “from a brief and sudden illness.” No additional ...
Maj. Brad Hovey, of Adel, died in a B-52 crash on June 15. Funeral services and burial at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery will ...
Lt. Col. Gabriel Estrella was one of eight people killed when a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air ...
The B-52's and Devo will continue their lunar alliance with more tour dates together this fall. The new wave legends have added eight additional shows to the ongoing Cosmic De-Evolution outing ...
Devo and the B-52’s have added eight dates to the Cosmic De-Evolution Tour they launched last year. Arenas and amphitheaters in Seattle, Vancouver, Grand Rapids, and other cities will host the ...
The Air Force said late Monday that it plans to move ahead with the B-52 Stratofortress modernization program despite the fatal crash of the first modified version of the bomber. The June 16 crash at ...