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The new engines will remain on wing for the remainder of the BUFF life: Rolls-Royce has begun testing F130 engines for the USAF B-52 Stratofortress fleet

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strategic bomber

The new engines will remain on wing for the remainder of the BUFF life: Rolls-Royce has begun testing F130 engines for the USAF B-52 Stratofortress fleet

Thanks to our partners

Russian strategic bomber engineer requests asylum in US and offers to share information on Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack

Chinese Liaoning carrier strike group conducts exercise simulating attacks on Japan’s Nansei Islands

Time to cry because it’s ended: Vulcan XH558 to start her engines for one last time on Nov. 20 before being put to sleep forever

USAF to deploy B-52 bombers to RAAF Base Tindal, Australia, amid heightened tensions between the US and China

The story of the B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bomber that landed safely without its tail

Did you know 414 B-29s were lost bombing Japan? For every Superfortress lost to the enemy, almost two were lost to accidents and crashes.

When the Blackjack “went around the corner:” The story of Russian Tupolev Tu-160 first deployment to Venezuela

Blackjack Down: the tragic crash of Russian Air Force first operational Tu-160 strategic bomber

Videos show B-1B Lancer strategic bomber catching fire during engine maintenance on the flightline at Dyess Air Force Base

The B-36 Peacemaker was so Huge that Catwalks were placed inside its Wings so that Mechanics could Maintain the Engines in Flight

Here’s an important but rarely noted Feature of all B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bombers: the Folding Tail.

After a Nuclear Weapon Test a B-36 was So Radioactive that it had to be Parked Away from other Peacemaker Bombers at Carswell AFB. It was Scrapped a year later.

USAF B-52 bomber departed RAF Fairford at 11:37pm on Sunday Night and RTB at 10:52pm on Monday, spending almost 24 hours in the air

Disassembled B-52H arrives in Oklahoma City ending a Road Trip of almost four weeks. The BUFF will support the B-52 Bomber Fleet Modernization Effort.

Video Shows the Maiden Flight of Russia’s first new production Tupolev Tu-160M Strategic Bomber

Here’s why the Propellers on the B-36 Peacemaker did Face Backwards

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