US deploys nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Guam

B-52 Stratofortresses, part of the 2nd Bomb Wing stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, touched down at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in October 2023. According to a press release from Pacific Air Forces, Bomber Task Force missions demon…

October 21, 2023
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US B-52 bombers to receive new AESA radar

Raytheon, an RTX business, delivered the first B-52 active electronically scanned array radar (AESA) to Boeing for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Radar Modernization Program. As noted by the company, this first radar will be used for system integratio…

September 21, 2023
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B-52 To Get A New Engine

A B-52H strategic bomber equipped with the AGM-86 variant Air-Launched Cruise Missile. Image: US Air Force. Rolls-Royce has begun testing F130 engines for the United States Air Force B-52 fleet at the NASA Stennis Space Center https://t.co/qIZpx8gTNE …

March 7, 2023
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