The US Air Force funding will cover integration and testing of the Rolls-Royce F130 powerplant on two B-52H aircraft, marking ...

Perhaps less well publicized is the fact that its extraordinarily high sustainment cost is the driving factor behind its ...

Most modern aircraft use four jet engines, but the B-52 bomber has eight. The reasons start in one frantic weekend its ...

If you walk along a stretch of the Kent coast at just the right time, the sea will reveal the remnants of a remarkable ...

While the B-52 has remained in service for nearly three-quarters of a century, consistent upgrades help make the legendary ...

Turkey has sought to return the S-400 air defense systems that it bought from Russia back in 2017, a move that would likely ...

Many of the aircraft currently serving the needs of the American military are decades-old, but only one of them has been officially confirmed to extend its service until it reaches at least a century ...

The U.S. Air Force flew its first B-52 Stratofortress to be loaded with a new and modern Active Electronically Scanned Array radar to Edwards Air Force Base in California on Dec. 8. (James West/U.S.

The B-52H received the AN/APQ-188 AESA radar at Boeing’s San Antonio facility and has now arrived at Edwards AFB for the ground and flight testing planned throughout 2026. The U.S. Air Force has ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has begun the process of evaluating a new radar for its fleet of Boeing B-52H heavy bombers. A lone B-52H, equipped with a modernised active electronically scanned array (AESA) ...

The Boeing B-52 is on track to become the first jet-powered aircraft to reach 100 years of continuous service, a milestone it will hit in the 2050s, thanks in part to its strategic reinvention and ...

Considering geopolitical tensions in Europe, the B-52s’ presence in Spain is appropriate. Earlier this month, the US Air Force dispatched an unknown number of B-52 bombers to southern Spain. According ...