In April, 2002, in Wichita, Kansas, coinciding with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the B-52's first test flight ...

Ultimately, Boeing’s Model 462 was awarded the contract and the B-52’s origin story officially began. When the Stratofortress ...

The B-52 Stratofortress can carry up to 70,000 pounds of ordinance, surpassing other US bombers. Originally equipped with a defensive cannon, B-52s were later modified to carry cruise missiles.

The United States Air Force continues to deploy its Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses to Europe ... the Los Alamos National Laboratory, because the Stratofortress employs a closed bomb bay, it helps ...

S. Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, en route to Australia in 1982. NASM/ USAF Photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex R. Taningco STANDING ON A STEPLADDER IN THE GLOOM of the B-52’s cavernous bomb bay ...

As the B-52’s name, Stratofortress, suggests, these complex machines are cloud-hugging heavy-lifters. According to Boeing, “The B-52 is capable of dropping or launching the widest array of ...