A 65-year-old B-52 Stratofortress landed safely at Offutt Air Force Base about two hours after declaring an emergency over ...

Delays continue to plague the development of the Stratofortress' successor, but once it does enter service, the Boeing B-52J ...

Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war.

Of course, it's no longer using the same technology, as numerous upgrades to the aircraft have ensured the U.S. continues flying the B-52 Stratofortress long after its introduction. The bomber ...

That means that the B-52 has not had a major ... go from being strategic long-range bombers to become motherships for swarms of drones. Sort of like flying aircraft carriers.

The B-52 has been in service since the 1950s—and remarkably, the Air Force has no plans of retiring the old bomber. But the current B-52 fleet is in need of some attention; many of the parts and ...