As we mentioned would be happening today in a recent article, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington moved the fuselage of their Boeing B-52 Stratofortress from its long term storage site at Paine Field […]
The Museum of Flight’s combat veteran Boeing B-52G Stratofortress will soon move from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, to the Museum’s West Campus at Boeing Field in Seattle. The aircraft has been in open storage […]
PRESS RELEASE – Visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 will be treated to a tremendous cross-section of bombers, including what we expect to be the first joint appearance of two flyable B-29s in decades, more […]
Article by Peter Macca via rockdalecitizen.com Slip on the flight suit of one of the first USAF African-American B-47 and B-52 pilots. Put on your helmet for the next mission over Vietnam with an all-white […]
From an original article of By Thomas Gibbons-Neff – Stripes.com In the event of a nuclear war, the Pentagon in 1956 penned a report that listed 1,200 cities and 1,100 airfields spread across eastern Europe, […]
For the very first time, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has moved from the boneyard back into the sky again. The veteran bomber took off from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona for the first time […]
While it is not normally the remit of WarbirdsNews to report on current military matters, we felt our readers might be interested in this recent modification to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Considering that the B-52 […]
It’s hard to imagine that this country’s first long-range, swept-wing heavy bomber could do any more, or get any better. However, the B-52 of today is different. . . upgraded, more cost-effective and more capable.The […]
By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Sixty-two years ago today, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress took flight for the first time. The B-52 began life as a proposed replacement for Strategic Air Command’s B-36s and B-50s. Originally designed […]
WarbirdsNews has learned that the B-52D Stratofortress 56-0586, long on display at the Arc Light Memorial Park on Guam is due to be scrapped. The airframe has simply deteriorated too far to save, despite the […]
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