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B-52 bomber crash came as Air Force was upgrading legendary workhorse
For more than 60 years, the B-52 has been the "backbone of the strategic bomber force for the United States." Now officials are looking into what went wrong in a deadly crash at Edwards Air Force Base that killed 8 onboard.
What happened
According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, B-52 bomber crash came as Air Force was upgrading legendary workhorse, For more than 60 years, the B-52 has been the “backbone of the strategic bomber force for the United States.” Now officials are looking into what went wrong in a deadly crash at Edwards Air Force Base that killed 8 onboard.
Context
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Source
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- B-52 bomber crash came as Air Force was upgrading legendary workhorseLos Angeles Times - 2026-06-16T22:57:19+00:00
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