Upgrades to the B-52 Stratofortress bomber are expected to keep the aircraft operational for the next 25 years. The United States Department of War (DOW) announced in August 2026 it would spend up to ...

A recent U.S. Navy contracting notice outlines plans to negotiate with Lockheed Martin to integrate the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) on the B-52 Stratofortress. The U.S. Navy is ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday will honor weapon systems officer Lt. Col. Gabriel Estrella, one of eight people killed when an $85 million, nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress crashed in a huge ...

The U.S. Air Force is looking into an incident in which a passenger jet over North Dakota had to perform an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a B-52 Stratofortress on Friday. (William Lewis/Air Force) ...

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JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT on January 24, 1961, 18-year-old Billy Reeves came home from his late shift, kicked off his boots, and looked up just in time to see a B-52 falling out of the sky. Reeves lived ...

The U.S. Air Force's extensive B-52 modernization effort, aimed at extending the bomber's service into the 2050s, faces significant challenges, with 10 out of 13 programs experiencing cost overruns, ...

A new Government Accountability Office report found “performance challenges” in the program to keep the aging bomber in service through 2050. By Nicholas Slayton ...

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress takes off in support of Operation Epic Fury during the Iran war at an undisclosed location on March 22, 2026. (U.S. Air Force/handout via Reuters) Most of the U.S.

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Cost overruns and schedule delays have put the program to replace the B-52 Stratofortress’ engines some $3 billion over budget, a government watchdog said July 31. The Air Force’s “Commercial Engine ...