Air Force crew chiefs at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana are tasked with keeping B-52 bombers ready to fly. "When an aircraft lands, we are in charge of doing all the inspections wing-tip to ...

The U.S. Air Force is using an innovative “X-ray inspection” process to keep its ancient B-52 Stratofortress bombers ...

A 2nd Maintenance Group crew chief leads a B-52H Stratofortress as it is “cart started” during a readiness exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 25, 2020.

B-52 instructors shared with us their extensive knowledge of the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fella), ... The tour is concluded by Staff Sergeant Todd Bevan, crew chief on the B-52H, ...

B-52 crew chief apprentice course students install a drag chute onto a B-52 Stratofortress at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, November 19, 2018.

Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, Eighth Air Force and Joint Global Strike Operations Center commander, was commander of the 5th Bomb ...

When a B-52 loses all the engines on one side of the plane — the plane has a total of 8, four on each wing — the crew faces “the worst possible case for an engine-out situation.” ...

Hunter Tomlin, 8, sits in the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 24, 2013. Tomlin was made an honorary B-52 crew chief and was given a tour of daily crew ...

Seven crew members of a B-52 Stratofortress that crashed around 8:30 a.m. Thursday while attempting to take off at Andersen Air Force Base avoided a more catastrophic accident, the base’s ...

The Air Force crew's exceptional handling of a B-52 emergency earned them the AFGSC General Curtis E. LeMay Award.

Crew members of an American long-range bomber said Monday the highlight of their part in the war against Iraq was being able to help U.S. ground troops under fire. In a Pentagon news conference by ...

A B-52 bomber crew received an award for fighting through "catastrophic" aircraft failures. The crew faced a string of problems while flying to Barksdale Air Force Base. Air Force Global Strike ...