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From a routine instrument training mission on 10 January, a B-52D (tail number 55‑0082) of the 42nd Bombardment Wing (Heavy) returning to Loring AFB, Maine, broke apart in midair and crashed near Morrell, New Brunswick, Canada, about ten miles (16 km) southeast of the base.
On Friday, 24 June 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, [2] after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland, maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost control.
8 sie 2008 · On June 24, 1994, a giant U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress crashes at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane County, while rehearsing maneuvers for an air show, killing four airmen. The accident occurs as the aircraft, making a steep banking turn at low altitude, stalls and plummets to the ground, exploding into a fireball.
20 paź 2017 · On January 7, 1971 a fireball erupted over the Little Traverse Bay caused by the crash of a Boeing B-52 Model C. Along with the fireball, a sonic boom carried the remembrance of “Hiram 16”, the call sign for the nine member flight crew that died in the tragic event.
Boom operator's view of a B-52 from a KC-135 tanker. The planes collided, with the nozzle of the refueling boom striking the top of the B-52 fuselage, breaking a longeron and snapping off the left wing, [7] [8] which resulted in an explosion that was witnessed by a second B-52 about a mile (1.6 km) away. [9]
2 kwi 2012 · On June 23, 1959, a U.S. Air Force B-52D Stratofortress, named "Tommy’s Tigator," assigned to the Boeing Airplane Company for experimental low-level flight tests, crashes and burns in the sparsely populated high-desert country at the edge of the Ochoco National Forest in Harney County, Oregon.
4 wrz 2011 · On December 12, 1957, a giant U.S. Air Force B-52D Stratofortress crashes shortly after takeoff from Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane County. Of the nine airmen aboard, eight are killed, but one,
