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Air Force $2B Starts B-52 Engine Swap Toward B-52J

Keeping a 1960s airframe relevant in the 2050s has less to do with nostalgia than with wiring diagrams, test cards, and the ...
The upgrades to the B-52's engines and numerous other systems are so dramatic the Air Force plans to redesignate the Cold War ...
U.S. Air Force installs new Rolls-Royce engines on 65-year-old bombers instead of retiring them © Geoff McKay from Palmerston ...
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Systems a task order valued at $2.04bn for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement ...
The new upgrade package—on top of an existing $2.6 billion contract with UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce—will keep the B-52 bombers flying indefinitely into the future.
Defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman has secured official US Air Force recognition for its Talon uncrewed jet, receiving the YFQ-48A prototype designation under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft ...
US Aviation Academy has secured a 10-year contract worth $835m from the US Air Force (USAF) to provide Initial Pilot Training ...
Air Force One is perhaps the most widely-known and recognizable plane in the world. Its striking blue and white paint scheme and impressive size, with four large engines, are unmistakable. Air Force ...
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon that crashed off South Korea’s western coast last year went down after an engine stall caused by hardware failure, according to Pacific ...