As of January, the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program has moved into hardware production. Two airframes are now being ...

Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, now that it has passed its critical design review. (Staff Sgt. Lauren ...

The most recent development with continued B-52 improvement pertains to the well-known re-engining effort for the aircraft. For many years, the Air Force has been working with Boeing and Rolls-Royce ...

The new engine pod covers, worth 1.2 million USD, will assist in preventing damage to the B-52 engines. Pilots and maintainers at Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) now have new engine covers ...

The legendary B-52 Stratofortress, behemoth of the sky built to fight the unthinkable war, nearly a century later the fleet ...

It seems like it's been forever since we learned that the B-52 Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber will get new engines, but as we get ready to step into 2025, word reached us about the new ...

Each B-52H Stratofortress is powered by eight turbofan engines. The Rolls-Royce F130 engines that will be installed are anticipated to keep the aircraft (which now have an average age of 64 years) in ...

The B-52 Stratofortress was built for the Cold War, yet it remains a frontline weapon decades later. While newer bombers came ...

The B-52 might not be retiring until the 1960s meaning it will likely set a new record for the longest in service US combat ...

You might think the bloggers and YouTubers of the world have already found and profiled every neat or obscure project for a military aircraft that never left the drawing board. But every once in a ...

A recently released fiscal 2024 report by the Pentagon Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) noted concurrency challenges for the re-engining of the B-52 bomber fleet under the U.S. Air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Courtesy: Autorepublika. The iconic B-52 Stratofortress carries eight jet engines for a straightforward reason rooted in ...