US Air Force B-52 bomber crashes in California
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The bomber is a menacing sight for any pilot or target on the receiving end of its payload. Aerial combat is only around a century old, but it quickly bisected itself into two distinct aircraft types. Modern military aircraft feature all manner of support ...
The B-52 may live to be 100, even though efforts to find a replacement started in the 1950s when it was still being built.
A B-52 crash near Edwards Air Force Base adds to a long, tragic history of aviation accidents at the Mojave Desert flight hub.
