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B-52 Stratofortress: Celebrating seven decades of service
The BUFF's Milestone 70th Anniversary
In 2025, Air Force Global Strike Command celebrated a remarkable milestone for one of America's most legendary strategic bombers—the B-52...
B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber folding tail
As the rare photos in this post show, an important but rarely noted feature of all B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers was the folding vertical...
How a North Vietnamese MiG-21 pilot was able to shoot down a USAF B-52 during Operation Linebacker II
“I launched two heat-seeking missiles from a distance of 2 kilometers. Big flames were visible around the second B-52 when I broke sharply to...
Why B-52s could easily bypass Soviet air defenses during the Cold War
‘As late as the 1980s, PVO was not particularly good at low-altitude interception. Frankly, KAL 007 showed the world that they weren’t that good...
The Palomares Broken Arrow accident
The B-52’s incoming speed was too fast and caused the aircraft to collide with the KC-135’s fueling boom. Major Larry G. Messinger, one of...