B-52 bomber stronghold closed in 1993. The base was home to the 379th Heavy Bombardment Wing, which moved from Homestead Air Force Base in Florida to Wurtsmith in 1961.

A new turbofan chosen for the B-52, the F130 is the military version of the BR700 engine, present, for example, in Gulfstream executive jets and in the former Boeing 717 commercial model. With the update, it is expected that the old “BUFF” will remain in service until at least 2050, when the aircraft will be close to completing 100 years of

The first eight re-engined bombers will join a B-52 test force at Edwards Air Force Base, California meant to assess all of the new capabilities that the next-generation B-52s will offer. The Air
The iconic B-52 Stratofortress bomber has been a mainstay of the Air Force’s fleet since it was first introduced during the height of the Cold War. But, with the average B-52 now at 60 years old and increasingly showing its age, the bomber is getting a fresh lease on life — in the form of a new slate of F130 engines from Rolls-Royce North The B-52 has been the preeminent American heavy bomber of the last 54 years. The massive aircraft served throughout the heightened periods of the Cold War as a nuclear deterrent, as a dedicated bomber and reconnaissance platform in the Vietnam War and as a carpet-bombing nightmare for the Iraqi Army in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
B52 Crash Site. Visitors to the recreational mecca that is Moosehead Lake may not realize that eight miles into the woods on the southern slope of Elephant Mountain is a crash site of a giant United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress. The pieces of wreckage and aircraft debris cover several acres of forest.
B-52D Stratofortress. BY BOEING. Since it became operational in 1955, the B-52 has been the main long-range heavy bomber of the Strategic Air Command. It first flew on 15 April 1952. Nearly 750 B-52s were built when production ended in October 1963, 170 of which were D models.
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