The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is one of the most iconic heavy bombers in history, and in 2015, it marked an incredible ...

The B-52 Stratofortress, designed in 1948 and in service since 1952, is America’s longest-serving bomber, renowned for ...

The iconic B-52 Stratofortress has unique landing gear just for its wing tips thanks to the massive amount of weight of its ...

When Michael Riggs started work on the Boeing B-52 programme almost 20 years ago, the newly-hired engineering graduate expected Boeing would soon move him off the Stratofortress programme. “I ...

Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress bomber prototype for the U.S. Air Force takes off on its first flight, on April 15, 1952 at Boeing Field in Seattle.

The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory. This includes gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision guided missiles and joint direct attack munitions.

The B-52 can carry 70,000 lbs. of nuclear or conventional bombs, mines, and missiles. Primary Function: Heavy bomber Contractor: Boeing Military Airplane Co.

A massive Wichita-built B-52 Stratofortress arrived at Boeing Wichita today for some “permanent repairs,” a Boeing spokesman said. The U.S. Air Force heavy bomber was spotted flying over east ...

In 1955, when the first Boeing B-52 Stratofortress became operational, nobody would have imagined that the plane could remain in service for nearly 100 years. Today that's exactly what the US Air ...

The B-52 was the U.S. Air Force’s main long-range heavy bomber during the Cold War, and continues to be an important part of the bomber force today. Nearly 750 were built before production ended ...

Continually upgraded, modified and adapted, the amazing Boeing B-52 is far from being finished after six decades. Gear Patrol offers a brief history.

Despite soaring costs and complex retrofitting, the B-52’s deep modernization aims to transform it into a digitally upgraded B-52J, extending Cold War-era firepower into the 2050s and beyond.