B52BomberDown.org sheds awareness for recovery efforts this year in Gulf of Mexico to find 8-member crew from downed B-52 in 1968 including local man.

U.S. B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived in the Middle East after Pentagon officials said the aircraft would be deployed to deter a potential Iranian attack against Israel.

The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries. “The first shootdown came on Dec. 18, 1972, after Turner’s B-52D took off ...