In October, Chinese fighter jets intercepted a B-52 bomber at night over the South China Sea, south of our position. The Chinese jet flew within 10 feet of the much larger bomber in what the US ...

Fighter jets from NATO countries intercepted two long-range U.S. heavy bombers in intensive Arctic drills, as tensions ...

However, the B-52 was not the Air Force's first jet powered bomber. That honor would go to the North American B-45 Tornado. According to the National Museum of the United States Air Force ...

6, 2025. The B-52 is one of the four deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, as a part of the Bomber Task Force 25-2 (BTF 25-2) that began on Feb. 11, 2025. From the images released by both the services ...

(Air Force photo by Matt Williams) The B-52 Stratofortress is involved in a massive upgrade program that is going to keep it at the forefront of the U.S. strategic bomber fleet through at least 2050.

China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images ...

A key facet of the B-52’s capability is its eight-engine power plant: four engines on each wing, two on each pylon, which gives the bomber global reach. The Pratt & Whitney TF33s have served in ...

President Trump announced a contract awarded to Boeing to build the newest fighter aircraft – the F-47 – that will far ...

Known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, the manned jet will serve as quarterback to a fleet of future drone aircraft ...

An Air Force bomber with a retro paint scheme and payload ... It’s part of an upgrade to keep the aging B-52 fleet modern and flying through 2050. A photographer near Boca Chica Beach in ...