The United States military has committed its oldest and most payload-heavy strategic bomber to active combat over Iran, folding the B-52 Stratofortress into a multi-platform air campaign that Pentagon ...

The B-52 Stratofortress was born into a world of black-and-white television and slide rules, yet it is now being rebuilt to fight in an era of hypersonic weapons and AI-enabled swarms. The United ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. is now flying B-52 bombers over Iran — an operational shift that signals American forces have achieved air superiority ...

The Boeing B-52 is on track to become the first jet-powered aircraft to reach 100 years of continuous service, a milestone it will hit in the 2050s, thanks in part to its strategic reinvention and ...

It is unclear if more B-52s will arrive in the UK at a later date, although this is likely. Most bomber missions over Iran have been operating either as a three-ship or four-ship flights, so ...

US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers are now flying combat missions in Iran. After a month at war, the US says it has established air superiority over Iran. The presence of B-52s could signal that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The United States is just one of three nations that still ...

The U.S. is now flying B-52 bombers over Iran — an operational shift that signals American forces have achieved air superiority inside parts of the country after weeks of strikes degraded Tehran’s ...