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Air Force B-52 forced passenger plane to make ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid collision

A civilian aircraft was forced to take a sharp turn near Minot Air Force Base as a B-52 Stratofortress flew near it Friday ...
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Air Force says B-52 crew wasn’t told of passenger jet before near-miss

Video of the aftermath of the near-miss was widely shared online, and the Air Force has now released its timeline of the incident.
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Air Force B-52 Bombers Are Headed Right to China’s ‘Backyard’

The U.S. Air Force has deployed a Bomber Task Force of B-52 Stratofortress aircraft to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, a ...

Air Force blames air traffic controllers for near miss involving B-52 bomber

Air traffic controllers at a North Dakota airport didn’t tell the crew of an Air Force B-52 bomber that a commercial airliner ...

Commercial pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid mid-air collision with Air Force B-52 bomber

MINOT, N.D ( KMOT /Gray News) - A commercial pilot made an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. According to AviationA2Z, the close call happened ...

Air traffic controllers didn’t warn a B-52 bomber crew about a nearby airliner, the Air Force says

A SkyWest pilot performed a sharp turn, startling passengers, to avoid colliding with the B-52 bomber that he said was in his ...
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Air Force reviewing B-52’s apparent near miss with airliner

Sorry about the aggressive maneuver,” an airline pilot told passengers after sharply banking to avoid a B-52 over North Dakota. "Not a fun day at work." ...
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The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber ‘Nightmare’ Has Just Begun - MSN

The B-52H, Still Serving Sixty-four Years Later: The US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of various missions. It can fly at high subsonic speeds at altitudes of ...