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A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress in flight. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been operational with the United States Air Force since 5 June 1955. This list is of accidents and incidents involving the B-52 resulting in loss of life, severe injuries, or a loss of an aircraft (damaged beyond repair).
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
B-52C 53-0406, which crashed on Elephant Mountain, was the second high-tailed B-52 to suffer such a fatal structural failure. After extensive testing and another three similar failures (two with fatal crashes) within 12 months of the Elephant Mountain crash, Boeing determined that turbulence would over-stress the B-52's rudder connection bolts ...
B-52 54-2666. The B-52C used on the mission of Thursday January 7, 1971, with the call sign "Hiram 16", had been built in the summer of 1956 as one of thirty-five B-52C bombers. From 1952 to 1962 a total of 744 B-52s of all models were built. By January 1971, all thirty-one remaining B-52Cs were stationed at Westover Air Force Base near ...
After losing 1,000 feet (300 m) of altitude, Holland regained control of the aircraft. Holland also regularly and illegally parked his car in a "no parking" zone near the base headquarters building. [3] [11] During a 19 May 1991 air show at Fairchild, Holland was the command pilot of the B-52 aerial-demonstration flight.
The U.S. Air Force recently announced that the last squadrons of the legendary B-52's have returned home after concluding operations against ISIS. 11 photos of the legendary B-52 Stratofortress bomber
A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52D Stratofortress, 55-060, "Buzz One Four", of the 484th Bomb Wing, Turner AFB, Georgia, suffers structural failure in turbulence of winter storm as blizzard socks the East Coast, crashes approximately 17 miles SW of Cumberland, Maryland. The bomber comes down in a small valley on Elbow Mountain in a state park.
1963 B-52 crash in New Mexico New Mexico, United States B-52 Stratofortress: Unknowingly exceeded design capability 2 Near Mora: [7] loss of vertical stabilizer [8] 1964-01-04 1964 B-57 crash Dayton, United States NRB-57 Canberra: Mis-management of fuel system, causing CofG to be beyond its safe rearward limit 2 Both wings failed 1964-01-10 B ...