The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of B-52H heavy strategic bombers are on track to becoming a fleet of flying centenarians. The service wants to purchase over 600 new engines for its B-52s, ensuring ...

October 4, 2021: The B-52H, the oldest and most useful American heavy bomber, is finally getting its new engines, after using the TF33 since entering service. The new engines are expected to lower ...

Key Points: The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52H Stratofortress fleet through the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP), creating the B-52J variant intended to serve into the 2050s ...

Three airmen aboard a B-52H were able to land safely after four of its engines failed as the bomber was flying over a populated area.

This could allow the B-52 to reach any point on Earth without support from a tanker aircraft. The other major benefit is that the new engines will come with digital engine controls.

The USAF is kicking around 'creative concepts' under which it could re-engine its fleet of 74 ever evolving B-52H Stratofortresses. With the bombers remaining in front-line service until at least ...

During the 10-year production, 742 B-52 in various versions were built, including 102 in the current B-52H configuration built between 1960 and 1962.

America’s fleet of B-52H Stratofortress nuclear bombers are on track to outlast their engines, and the planes need new ones to remain viable past 2030. The U.S. Air Force, which received its ...

In order to accomplish this, Air Force leaders plan to make major upgrades to the 76 B-52H bombers in their fleet, including the installation of new engines.

It’s official now: the upgraded B-52 bomber will be the B-52J. “Any B-52H aircraft modified with the new commercial engines and associated subsystems are designated as B-52J,” the Air Force ...

The new engines that will be part of a massive upgrade of the B-52H Stratofortress bomber have passed their critical design review, and are set to begin final development, production and more ...