For the first time since the Kennedy administration, the B-52 Stratofortress is getting new primary propulsion engines.
Boeing received a $2 billion contract last month to start work on extending the life of 60-year-old U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers into the 2060s. The program to upgrade all 76 B-52Hs is ...
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is one of the most iconic warplanes of all time and has even become a piece of pop culture itself. More than that, though, the B-52 is one of the longest-serving ...
Boeing Co.’s site at Port San Antonio will be working on the nation’s oldest bomber aircraft through at least 2033 under a new contract with the Pentagon. The Defense Department awarded the aerospace ...
Given the B-52’s advanced age and repeated overhauls, Boeing has gone to greater and greater lengths to keep the insides of the plane running. The United States Air Force maintains a fleet of 76 ...
The weary warbirds that continue to defend the skies.