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The United States military said Wednesday it flew a B-52 bomber over the Middle East ‘to deter potential aggression’ amid tensions with Iran – the first such flight under President Joe Biden, and sixth by the US since November. The show of strength comes just days after Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, rejected demands to … Read more
Flying in formation and dropping their mighty payloads together, the bombs from a B-52 attack fall so thickly that they look from a distance like a rain shower. With some 70,000 pounds of ordnance — up to 108 bombs in each plane — tumbling out of each B-52’s huge belly and from under its 185 … Read more
America’s fleet of B-52 bombers is expected to keep flying into the 2050s because the long-range jets are seen as essential to keeping China and Russia in check and revamping the decades-old planes is cheaper than replacing them. The Boeing-made US Air Force workhorse first took to the skies in 1954 – meaning the 76 … Read more
US Air Force B52 bomber burns fuel over Worcestershire as it prepares for emergency landing at RAF Fairford after engine failure over the Mediterranean By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 17:22 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 17:23 GMT, 3 December 2020 A US Air Force B52 bomber is preparing for an emergency landing at … Read more
A fleet of B-52 bombers based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana lined the runway ready for takeoff in a display of air power and American military might. A group of eight of the Boeing Stratofortress’ were pictured on October 14 in what is known as an ‘Elephant Walk’. An elephant walk is a procession of military … Read more
US Air Force B-52 bomber sends ’emergency distress signal’ while flying over Gloucestershire A UK B-52 bomber transmitted a ‘squawk code 770’ while above Tewkesbury, UK Two of the giant planes were seen flying over central Gloucester earlier today It is not clear what the incident was but planes regularly send out distress signals By … Read more
US nuclear-capable B52 bombers fly into Ukraine and circle on the Crimean border in brazen challenge to Putin Three B-52H bombers were joined by Ukrainian and RAF military planes They flew along the border of Russian-occupied Crimea in a show of strength And swooped near positions held by Kremlin-backed separatists in the Ukraine By Luke … Read more
The Pentagon has released new video of a Russian Su-27 fighter jet veering directly into the path of an American B-52 bomber in what US officials decried as an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ intercept. The B-52 was conducting ‘routine operations’ over the Black Sea on Friday morning when two Russian Su-27s crossed within 100ft of its … Read more