TheUnited States Air Force (USAF) is one of just three military aviation powers with a fleet of strategic bombers. The famousB-52 Stratofortress, built by Boeing in the 1950s and known as the BUFF ...

There are currently 76 B-52s in the US Air Force fleet—and many of these graduates are young enough to be the grandchildren of the original pilots of those aircraft. In the past month, college ...

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 ...

Aircrew from the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., land a B-52 Stratofortress following its ferry flight from Boeing’s San Antonio facility on Dec. 8, 2025. The aircraft, ...