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 ...

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 ...

The B-52 was initially designed to carry atomic bombs to the Soviet Union during ... While it was designed to drop nukes, it's demonstrated numerous times that it can drop conventional ordnance ...

The other four were able to parachute to safety. And from the destroyed B-52 fell four thermonuclear bombs-H bombs, as they are often called. One of them splashed into the Mediterranean.

Two U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bombers from Minot Air Force Base touched down in the UK on Feb. 11, 2025 to kick off the ...

One expert speculated that such heavy military hardware would be needed if the US carried out a strike against Iran or its ...

B52BomberDown.org sheds awareness for recovery efforts this year in Gulf of Mexico to find 8-member crew from downed B-52 in ...

The bomber was displaced when a strong tornado ripped through Rome on July 16, 2025, causing $40 million in damage.

"So our squadron motto is first to bomb." "So just seeing all of the B-52 is out on the ramp every ... In 1994, it traveled 20,000 miles in 47 hours to drop munitions on a bombing range in Kuwait. " ...