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.

Manufacturer: Boeing Military Airplane Co. Power plant ... and an icon of the United States’ Cold War deterrent, the B-52 Stratofortress was for decades the U.S. Air Force’s primary strategic ...

Few aircraft have the storied history of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Designed during the early Cold War, this legendary bomber has adapted to serve for over 100 years. In this video ...

The B-52 Stratofortress first flew on April 15 ... And it does an impressive fly-over for sporting events and air shows. Boeing plants in Seattle and Wichita, Kan., built 744 of the bombers ...

In 1955, when the first Boeing B-52 Stratofortress became operational, nobody would have imagined that the plane could remain in service for nearly 100 years. Today that's exactly what the US Air ...

When Michael Riggs started work on the Boeing B-52 programme almost 20 years ago, the newly-hired engineering graduate expected Boeing would soon move him off the Stratofortress programme.

When General Nathan Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957, called the Boeing B-52 “the ... foil for popular music, the Stratofortress is a military and cultural fixture. The ...

Dec. 21 (UPI) --The Boeing Company was awarded a tasking order from the U.S. Air Force to support work on the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range, jet-powered strategic U.S. bomber.

Boeing relies on Fortnite technology to upgrade the B-52. A popular 3D computer graphics ... is helping Boeing in the upgrade of the iconic Stratofortress bombers to the B-52J standard.

With the landing at a Boeing Co., facility in San Antonio, of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, the Air Force’s B-52 Radar ...

The B-52 was the U.S. Air Force’s main long-range heavy bomber during the Cold War, and continues to be an important part of the bomber force today. Nearly 750 were built before production ...

In 1955, when the first Boeing B-52 Stratofortress became operational, nobody would have imagined that the plane could remain in service for nearly 100 years. Today that's exactly what the US Air ...