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A Delta Connection flight operated by SkyWest was forced to make a sharp evasive turn during its approach to Minot, North ...

The close encounter near Minot International Airport forced the Minneapolis-to-Minot flight into an "aggressive maneuver," ...

Not so in the case of the legendary Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, an iconic American bomber that has served the Air Force for over 70 years now.

The B-52 Stratofortress has been flying for the Air Force for seven decades. New upgrades to keep it flying, though, have ...

It’s massive, powerful, and built to endure—but despite its size, the B-52 Stratofortress will never fly civilians. Uncover the reasons why this iconic bomber’s design, mission, and sheer ...

Aerospace company Boeing announced this week it has began fitting a new radar system on the B-52 Stratofortress as the plane will stay in service until 2050 ...

Spirit will provide engine pylons and nacelle assemblies for the Boeing effort, which aims to replace 608 engines on the U.S. Air Force fleet of 76 B-52H Stratofortress planes.

And that’s how the U.S. Air Force (USAF) might feel about the mighty B-52 Stratofortress. Born in the early 1950s in the hands of Boeing, the Stratofortress is one year short of turning 70.

Or longer. The youngest B-52 rolled off Boeing’s Wichita production line in 1962. But it’s not fair to call the B-52 a 59-year-old airplane. Very little of any B-52 actually dates to the 1960s.

Developed by Boeing, the B-52 made its maiden flight in 1952, and costs about $84 million each. An X-15 rocket-powered aircraft is launched from under the wing of an NB-52A Stratofortress in 1959 ...

The Pentagon’s emerging “Arsenal Plane” or “flying bomb truck” is likely to be a modified, high-tech adaptation of the iconic B-52 bomber designed to fire air-to-air weapons, release ...