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Moore’s MIG kill was the last recorded by a strategic bomber in wartime. He was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s ...
This marks the second deployment of US Air Force B-52s to RAF Fairford this year, following the BTF-25-2 Europe mission in February.
Two B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived in the UK from Barksdale AFB on Sept. 12 ahead of Exercise Cobra Warrior 25-2, which kicks off next ...
Operating in 72-hour non-stop cycles, the B-52’s involvement at the Battle of Tora Bora peaked during its most intense phase.
Forget low-altitude carpet bombing—the B-52 bomber’s future is as a standoff “missile truck” that slings precision weapons ...
Two B-52 Stratofortresses arrived at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, with members of the 93rd Bomb Squadron on Sept. 12, ...
Kate Pierson is probably best known as a founding member of the B-52s. When the band came on the scene in the late 1970s, they embodied a quirky individuality with their outrageous style, sending the ...
Kate Pierson of The B-52s is offloading her “Love Shack” in the woods of upstate New York. The 1,334-square-foot cabin, lovingly dubbed “Kate’s Lazy Cabin,” recently listed for $750,000. Pierson’s ...
Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She joined ...
The Dead Beatclub, a B-52s tribute band, is bringing beehive hairdos and kitsch outfits to Nuckolls Brewery at the Santa Fe Railyard on Friday, Aug. 22. “(The B-52s) were so out there, sound-wise and ...
The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly ...