were dropped from the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress for the first time in nearly a decade during an operational test performed by the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron here, Aug. 28 ...

“They sort of think that if you drop the bomb out of the bomb bay ... This was the case on January 24, 1961, when a B-52 bomber carrying two powerful hydrogen bombs took off on a routine ...

The B-52H bombers are anticipated to be the prime ... also eight missiles on a rotary launcher in the aircraft's bomb bay." The B-52 Stratofortress was built as a successor to the heavy Convair ...

A B-52 and two F-35s flying over central Oslo. Fabian Helmersen / Forsvaret An American B-52 bomber aircraft flew over central Oslo on Friday, escorted by Norwegian F-35 fighter jets. The American ...

B-52 Bombers Enhancing NATO’s Ability to Penetrate Defended Areas The U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers are actively ...

The 2nd Bomb Wing hosted ... test for the B-52H Stratofortress August 24-26, 2020. The test is performed every five to 10 years to demonstrate the capability of the B-52 to provide the required ...

On March 11, 1944, Tennyson was the pilot onboard a B-24D Liberator bomber called "Heaven Can Wait ... seeing flames shooting out from the bomb bay and tail of Tennyson's plane.

The most striking aspect of a mission that involved two B-52H Stratofortresses flying over Sweden on Tuesday was not the fact that the bombers conducted the B-52’s first live weapons drop in the ...

However, in 2025, Cold War planes like the B-52 Stratofortress ... just the first jet bomber in Uncle Sam's air force, it was also the first jet bomber fitted for an atomic bomb, as was common ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon authorized a sortie of US Air Force B-52 strategic bombers over the Middle East for the second ... and docked in Souda Bay, Greece, for repairs. The Truman's commander, Capt.

WASHINGTON, August 30. /TASS/. Two Russian Su-27 acted in an "unsafe and unprofessional" manner when intercepting the US B-52 bomber over the Black Sea, the US Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces ...

were dropped from the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress for the first time in nearly a decade during an operational test performed by the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron here, Aug. 28 ...