The Air Force is also making progress with a technology-inspired effort to increase the weapons payload for the workhorse B-52 bomber. The 1760 Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade, or IWBU, will allow the ...

The Boeing B-52 is on track to do something no other combat aircraft has ever done: remain an operational frontline bomber for a full century. Built for the nuclear standoff of the 1950s and ...

The enduring BUFF keeps flying through the eras.

Boeing received a $2 billion contract last month to start work on extending the life of 60-year-old U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers into the 2060s. The program to upgrade all 76 B-52Hs is ...

In the near future, the US Air Force’s B-52 bombers will be equipped with Rolls-Royce F130 turbofan engines, dramatically expanding their range. The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in the 1950s, yet it ...

The B-52 bomber has been flying missions for nearly 70 years — and it’s still one of America’s most powerful weapons. Retired Navy fighter pilot Matthew “Whiz” Buckley breaks down how the massive ...