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The U.S. Air Force has deployed a Bomber Task Force of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, a ...
The U.S. Air Force’s plan to keep its legendary B-52 Stratofortress flying into the 2050s via the B-52J upgrade is facing a serious financial crisis. -The program, which includes new Rolls-Royce ...
The Air Force’s B-2 Spirit stealth bombers will resume flying May 22, following five months of safety inspections after one caught fire last December, the service confirmed Friday.
The mission to Iran this weekend was the second-longest B-2 bomber flight. Here's what the longest was like, according to the pilots who flew it.
Fielding survivable bomber-sized aircraft for long-range aerial combat could mitigate shortfalls in achieving air superiority ...
The Air Force is also developing a next-generation bomber series, the B-21 Raider. Until this platform is officially introduced, the Spirit is the most modern bomber in the fleet.
The U.S. Air Force’s 40-year-old B-1 bombers don’t have much time left. Worn out by the air campaigns over Iraq and Afghanistan, the B-1s are in line for replacement as the USAF’s new B-21 ...
WASHINGTON — Congress would press the pause button on the Air Force’s effort to retire B-1B Lancer bombers until the B-21 Raider replaces them under the fiscal 2022 National Defense ...
It was brief and it was dark, but the flyover of three U.S. Air Force bombers in formation at Super Bowl LV signaled more to the world than just a fleeting flyby.. The crisp formation of the B-1 ...
A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing takes off from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., April 28, 2020, to support a Bomber Task Force mission in the Indo-Pacific region.
The U.S. Air Force's long-awaited B-21 stealth bomber took its first test flight in California on Friday. The aircraft, developed by Northrop Grumman, is expected to be operational by 2030. It can ...
The Air Force has 112 operational (non-training) B-2s, B-1s, and B-52s. With a 60 percent mission capable rate, it could launch a maximum of sixty-seven bombers at any given time—without ...