One of the long-range bomber's eight engines caught fire.
"The clock's ticking" on the B-52's current engines, an official said, so the Air Force wants to upgrade the bombers as fast as possible.
As the B-52H Stratofortress tops more than six decades in service, it’s grown increasingly temperamental.
Defense News’ air warfare reporter, Stephen Losey, visited Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to check out the aging B-52 bomber fleet.
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