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8 killed in B-52 bomber crash at Air Force base in California 8 killed in B-52 bomber crash at Air Force base in California – CBS News Watch CBS News Eight people were killed when a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Air Force said the plane was carrying civilians and military personnel. Carter Evans reports. Source link 8 killed in B-52 bomber crash at Air Force base in California
Nuclear Insurance? Operation Chrome Dome (1961–1968) was SAC’s most audacious move against the Soviets. 24/7, at any given time, up to twelve B-52s, each armed with four B28 thermonuclear bombs, were kept airborne, circling the skies. This wasn’t training; this was real, continuous, armed alert. Why this flying doomsday alert? To ensure that if the US was caught with its pants down by Soviet ICBMs, the counterstrike was already flying. It was the Cold War’s most terrifying airborne commitment. 1/3 @RealAirPower1 via X
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8 believed dead in B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base, officials say Eight people are believed to have died in the B-52 crash at California’s Edwards Air Force Base, officials say. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports. Source link 8 believed dead in B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base, officials say
Tentera AS kata lebih 13,000 ‘sasaran diserang’ dalam perang ke atas Iran Perintah Pusat AS (CENTCOM), yang bertanggungjawab untuk operasi ketenteraan AS di Timur Tengah dan mengetuai serangan ke atas Iran, mengatakan pasukannya telah menyerang lebih daripada 13,000 sasaran Iran, lapor Aljazeera. Dalam catatan dikongsi di media sosial, CENTCOM juga mengatakan bahawa lebih daripada 155 kapal Iran telah rosak atau musnah, dengan menyatakan bahawa kapal pengangkut… Tentera AS kata lebih 13,000 'sasaran diserang’ dalam perang ke atas Iran
RAF Fairford at the centre of Operation Epic Fury: Britain’s strategic bomber hub In recent weeks, the Gloucestershire air base of RAF Fairford has once again become a focal point for long-range United States Air Force operations in Europe. The base is currently supporting deployments linked to Operation Epic Fury, a US-led campaign targeting Iranian military infrastructure. Long used as a forward operating location for American heavy bombers, Fairford’s infrastructure and… RAF Fairford at the centre of Operation Epic Fury: Britain’s strategic bomber hub
Understand what this means by understanding the sequence. On February 28, the US sent B-2 Spirits. The B-2 is a stealth bomber. It costs $2.1 billion per aircraft. The US has 20 of them. You send B-2s when the enemy’s air defences are intact and you need to penetrate undetected. Four B-2s dropped 160,000 pounds of bunker-busting ordnance on hardened underground facilities in the opening wave. On March 2, the US sent B-1 Lancers. The B-1 is a supersonic bomber. Faster than the B-2 but not stealth. You send B-1s when air defences have been degraded enough that speed, not invisibility, is sufficient to survive. The B-1s conducted the deepest raids into Iran since 2003. On March 3, the US sent B-52s. The B-52 is a 70-year-old subsonic aircraft. It is not stealth. It is not fast. It has a radar cross-section the size of a barn. It flies at 650 miles per hour at 50,000 feet and it is visible to every radar system on earth. You send B-52s when there is nothing left to shoot them down. That is the sequence. B-2 when defences are lethal. B-1 when defences are degraded. B-52 when defences are gone. The US Air Force just told you, through aircraft selection alone, that Iran’s integrated air defence network no longer exists as a functional system. The B-52 carries 70,000 pounds of ordnance per sortie. It can launch cruise missiles from standoff range without entering defended airspace at all. The US has 76 of them versus 20 B-2s. Deploying B-52s quadruples the available bomber strike capacity, and each aircraft can deliver more payload per sortie than any other platform in the inventory. 1,700 targets struck. 300 new sites added in the latest wave. $779 million in ordnance expended on the first day alone. Six American service members killed. Eleven aircraft lost. The campaign is intensifying, not tapering. Here is where this connects to every post I have written today. The B-52 deployment proves the conventional campaign is succeeding. Iran’s air defences are neutralised. Its underground facilities are being collapsed. Its missile production is being destroyed. Its leadership is being eliminated. And the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. Because the B-52 cannot sink a mine. It cannot intercept a Shahed drone launched from a fishing boat. It cannot neutralise an anti-ship missile on a mobile coastal launcher. It cannot stop a proxy in Yemen from firing at a tanker in the Red Sea. The asymmetric threat that closes shipping lanes operates beneath the altitude where strategic bombers are relevant. The US is winning the war it chose to fight. It is not winning the war the insurance market cares about. The B-52 is the most powerful expression of that gap. 70,000 pounds of ordnance per sortie. And Lloyd’s of London still will not write a policy for a tanker transiting Hormuz. That is the thesis. In one sentence. @Shanaka86 via X
Did you know that in 1965, 82 B-52s were modified with the Big Belly configuration? This let each bomber carry 84 × 500 lb bombs, internally and on wing pylons - totaling 60,000 lb, roughly the equivalent of five fighter-bombers. The upgrade enabled the B-52 to expand into the CAS role in Vietnam. ½ B-52 attacks began on June 18, 1965, and the number of sorties flown grew steadily to 30 a day in 1966 and reached 60 a day at the time of the Tet Offensive in 1966. 2/2 @RealAirPower1
B-52 Stratofortress: The Long Shadow of Air Power A symbol of endurance, power, and strategic reach, the legendary B-52 Stratofortress has dominated the skies for generations. This dramatic artwork captures the iconic bomber against a fiery backdrop, showcasing the immense presence that made it one of the most recognizable military aircraft in aviation history. Aviation enthusiasts and military aircraft fans can also check out our exclusive B-52-inspired design, available on a wide variety of products including t-shirts, stickers, mugs, posters, phone cases, and more! B-52 Stratofortress U.S. long-range heavy bomber by Aerolovers | Redbubble
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