These photos show a B-52 Stratofortress bomber in flames as a firefighter team races against the clock. Inside its burning hulk were nuclear weapons that threatened to ignite. The world was at the ...

On the afternoon of June 24, 1994, Spokane County residents watching the local news found out that a B-52 Stratofortress rehearsing maneuvers for an air show had crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base.

Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided with a small private plane as it flew past the Minot ...

Originally tested in 1953 and entering service in 1955, the iconic B-52 Stratofortress is one of the oldest aircraft still in service today. Despite its age, this eight-engine bomber remains an ...