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 ...

The B-52 might not be retiring until the 1960s meaning it will likely set a new record for the longest in service US combat ...

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 ...

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is one of the most iconic warplanes of all time and has even become a piece of pop culture itself. More than that, though, the B-52 is one of the longest-serving ...

Boeing Co.’s site at Port San Antonio will be working on the nation’s oldest bomber aircraft through at least 2033 under a new contract with the Pentagon. The Defense Department awarded the aerospace ...

US airframer Boeing has been awarded a contract worth more than $2 billion to modernise the company’s iconic B-52H heavy-bomber with new turbofan engines. The US Air Force (USAF) approved the funding ...

December 17 th. A day to remember and celebrate in aviation history. First flights. Last flights. Without December 17 th, we might not even have a place like Avgeekery to read about aviation and ...

Many of the aircraft currently serving the needs of the American military are decades-old, but only one of them has been officially confirmed to extend its service until it reaches at least a century ...

WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Jason Douglas explains how Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s summit with President Trump secured a new ‘golden age’ for the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters ...

U.S. nuclear-capable strategic bombers flew over the Sea of Japan with Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo’s defense ministry announced Thursday. Following Chinese and Russian military exercises ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has begun the process of evaluating a new radar for its fleet of Boeing B-52H heavy bombers. A lone B-52H, equipped with a modernised active electronically scanned array (AESA) ...

The Boeing B-52 is on track to become the first jet-powered aircraft to reach 100 years of continuous service, a milestone it will hit in the 2050s, thanks in part to its strategic reinvention and ...