There were 13 Bomber Task Force flights out of the Gloucestershire base before the four Stratofortresses returned to the ...
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B-52s Fly Over Sweden in NATO Show of Force
The B-52 may be nearly eighty years old, but the bomber continues to support the U.S. nuclear deterrence apparatus.
That expeditionary squadron, which contains four B-52s, air crew and other airmen needed to support the bombers, deployed ...
The U.S. Air Force hasn’t announced how long the four B-52s, ground crews, and other personnel from the 69th EBS will remain in the UK, but the BTF mission could likely be concluded in the next ...
Two B-52s escorted by Gripens conducted a flyover of the Swedish Parliament for the first anniversary of Sweden’s accession to NATO, and later performed a ...
The bomber flights come as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program.
Reports surfaced that, due to an apparent lack of prior notification, Egyptian air traffic control (ATC) would not accept the B-52s into their airspace. Though these have been seized upon for ...
Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses from the 69th Expeditionary Squadron conducted the bomber aircraft’s first-ever ...
The latest mission from the American B52s stationed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire saw one of the huge bombers fly low ...
Two huge B-52H Stratofortresses dropped 'inert weapons' during a major mission in Turkey to demonstrate US and NATO military strength to Russia. The bombers, assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb ...
In total, 744 B-52s were produced with the latest model being a B-52H which was delivered in the early 1960s. An additional dozen bombers were constructed but ultimately sent to the “boneyard ...
The Swedish fighters escorted the B-52s to Vidsel Test Range, where the bombers released GBU-30 joint direct attack munitions. Joint terminal attack controllers from both the U.S. and Swedish ...