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The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries.
What You Need to Know: Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, the last U.S. airman to down an enemy fighter as a B-52 tail gunner, was honored this month at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. -Moore ...
Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, who shot down an enemy MiG fighter jet from the tail of a B-52D during the Vietnam War, has been honored with a plaque at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The plaque was ...
Newsweek editor at large; former FBI double agent and the author of "How to Catch a Russian Spy" The B-52 is one of the most iconic symbols of America's military might. The massive eight-engine ...
The B-52’s Kate Pierson added, “When we first came from Athens to New York City to perform, punk was in full force…and New Wave was right on its tail!
When a B-52 loses all the engines on one side of the plane — the plane has a total of 8, four on each wing — the crew faces “the worst possible case for an engine-out situation.” ...
"The clock's ticking" on the B-52's current engines, an official said, so the Air Force wants to upgrade the bombers as fast as possible.
June 29, 2025, marks the 70th anniversary of the first operational Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 Stratofortress delivery ...
The B-52 was built originally in the early 1950s to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union.
A 65-year-old B-52 Stratofortress landed safely at Offutt Air Force Base about two hours after declaring an emergency over Louisiana.
Minus tail surfaces, engines and a right wing, the long-retired “Damage Inc. II” B-52 mockup is now installed in the high-bay facility of Boeing’s Oklahoma City engineering center and ...