Boeing B-52 Stratofortress – The Aviationist

First Two Of Six B-52 Bombers Deploying To Diego Garcia Amid Growing Tensions With Iran

January 7, 2020 David Cenciotti 0

The strategic bombers and their support tankers could be tracked online as they moved from Barksdale Air Force Base to the American outpost in the Indian Ocean as part of the U.S. build up in […]

Let’s Talk About The B-52 Strategic Bomber’s Characteristic “Skin Wrinkles”

November 20, 2019 David Cenciotti 0

Skin buckling is more a structural design feature than a sign of aging. Last week we published an interesting image captured by aviation photographer Zdenek Cerny on Sept. 18, 2017, as the B-52H Stratofortress bomber […]

B-52H Bomber Engine Emits Sparks in Remarkable Photo with Miraculous Timing

November 11, 2019 Tom Demerly 0

Photographer Zdenek Cerny Captured Rare Incident With B-52 Engine Anomaly. Prolific aviation photographer Zdenek Cerny captured a remarkable image of sparks and smoke emitting from the engine of a B-52. The photo, which has been […]

Part Of A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Deployed To The UK Falls Off Into Garden Near RAF Fairford

October 30, 2019 David Cenciotti 0

A B-52 on a routine training mission lost the wing-tip gear door that fell off and landed in a garden in Brailes in Warwickshire. One of the four U.S. B-52 bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, […]

These Cool Shots Show RAF Typhoon Jets Practicing Intercept On U.S. B-52 Bomber Deployed to Europe

October 28, 2019 David Cenciotti 0

RAF Typhoons have exercised with visiting US B-52 bombers. RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft, based at RAF Coningsby, carried out a practice intercept on U.S. B-52 bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, UK, as part of Bomber […]