The Boeing B-52 is on track to do something no other combat aircraft has ever done: remain an operational frontline bomber ...
Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, now that it has passed its critical design review. (Staff Sgt. Lauren ...
It seems like it's been forever since we learned that the B-52 Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber will get new engines, but as we get ready to step into 2025, word reached us about the new ...
The AN/APQ-188 radar upgrade for the B-52 is finally preparing to begin flight testing, following years of delays, cost overruns, and a program review. The U.S. Air Force’s long-running effort to ...
The U.S. Air Force flight test community received the first Boeing B-52 equipped with the RTX APQ-188 radar and related systems, allowing the next phase of the over-budget, $3.3 billion upgrade ...
New images captured by aviation photographer Ryan Watamura show a U.S. Air Force B-52H flying a low-level route over California with one external pylon loaded with the new AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off ...
The B-52 Stratofortress is one of the oldest machines in service anywhere within the US military. But the mid-19th-century bomber will be getting a modernizing update in the form of brand new Rolls ...
The B-52 bomber’s radar upgrade is delayed until at least 2030, with aging systems and outdated practices complicating efforts to modernize the Cold War-era aircraft for decades of future use. The ...
The Air Force is replacing its B-52 fleet’s inefficient Pratt & Whitney TF33s with new Rolls-Royce F130s. Credit: Senior Airman Seth Watson/U.S. Air Force Unusually, it is not a new aircraft program ...
Modern upgrades and the failure of newer bombers to meet expectations mean the B-52 will remain a core part of the Air Force ...