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National Security Journal on MSN13h
The Air Force’s ‘New’ B-52J Bomber Is Getting a ‘Rolls Royce’ Upgrade
The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52 Stratofortress bombers, re-designating them as B-52Js. -The most significant change is ...
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42 years ago, a B-52 bomber crashed into Square Top Mountain, killing 7 crew
On April 11, 1983, a B-52G bomber went down in the rugged mountains of southern Utah, killing all seven crew members on board ...
National Security Journal on MSN9d
The B-52 Bomber Has 1 Secret Weapon That Makes it Unstoppable
The B-52 bomber remains essential due to structural viability and cutting-edge upgrades. Despite its 1960s origins, enhanced ...
Hackaday7y
How To Test A B-52 Against EMP: Project ATLAS-I
Considering that the primary goal of the project was to test strategic assets like the B-52 Stratofortress and the E-4 National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP), the modified Boeing 747 ...
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New Engines Could Propel The B-52 Beyond Its 100th Birthday
First taking to the skies in April 1952, and introduced into the US Air Force in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress has since become a mainstay of American air power. Originally developed as a nuclear ...
Smithsonian Magazine3y
The B-52 Just Keeps on Flying
The U.S. Air Force is thinking about replacing the late-1950s- era engines on its Boeing B-52 bombers with modern ones. It should have done that a decade ago, but back then, the Air Force believed ...
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There’s a Crashed B-52 Bomber in Maine That You Can Visit
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