It’s been 70 years since a B-25 bomber ran out of fuel, splashed down on the Monongahela River near today’s Homestead Grays Bridge and was never seen again. A group fascinated by the story, and not ...

For more than half a century, Pennsylvania law quietly imposed a harsh outcome on a small but important group of people. When ...

The Air Force awarded Boeing a $2 billion contract to start replacing the first two Stratofortress's engines with new Rolls-Royce engines. (Tech. Sgt. Codie Trimble/Air Force) In December the Air ...

Submitted Photo A B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base conducts a flyover at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot on July 18. Prior to the flyover, the B-52 and a passenger plane experienced a ...

The B-52s flourished long before Uniting Voices Chicago member Stella Corotis was even born — and yet she grew up on them and their music. “[‘Roam’] is always playing around the house when my family ...

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The B-52 Stratofortress carries eight engines for one simple reason: the technology of the 1940s, when it was designed, wasn't capable of powering it with anything less. Engineers didn't have much ...

The following is an excerpt from The B-52s’ Cosmic Thing by Pete Crighton and available now from Bloomsbury. The B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer ...

What began as a patchwork of Iowa musicians quickly coalesced into Lene Lovich’s new U.S. backing band — an unlikely, homespun assembly built on chemistry, community ties, and a dash of serendipity ...

Aircrew from the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., land a B-52 Stratofortress following its ferry flight from Boeing’s San Antonio facility on Dec. 8, 2025. The aircraft, ...