Latest "air force global strike command" stories

How to re-engine a B-52 and make a new bomber fleet

Defense News recently interviewed Brig. Gen. William Rogers, the program executive officer for the Bombers Directorate with the U.S. Air Force.

By Stephen Losey

3 weeks ago

B-2 nuclear bomber fleet grounded amid search for safety defects

The Air Force declined to provide details about what, specifically, the safety inspections are looking to find.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 weeks ago

US Air Force lays groundwork for major changes to bomber fleet

The Air Force is moving to a two-bomber fleet of B-21s and Cold War-era B-52s, and plans to retire B-1s and B-2s in the next decade.

By Stephen Losey

8 weeks ago

Air Force investigating damaged B-52 bomber after midair bird strike

No one was hurt in the incident, which appears to have been captured on video.

By Rachel S. Cohen

3 months ago

Strategic Command’s No. 2 picked to run Air Force nuclear enterprise

Lt. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, a decorated B-2 Spirit bomber pilot, would replace Gen. Anthony Cotton.

By Rachel S. Cohen

4 months ago

See the US Air Force test launch a nuclear missile

It was the second test in less than a month, after another launch was delayed to lower tension with China over Taiwan.

By Stephen Losey

5 months ago

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