The 70-year-old B-52 bomber will basically be 'a new airplane' once it finally gets its upgrades, Trump's pick for nuclear command says

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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,Jan. 16, 2018.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,Jan. 16, 2018.

U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger

Inside a top-secret ICBM training simulator where Air Force crews practiced for doomsday scenarios during the Cold War

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Museum mannequins inside a model of a launch control center.
Museum mannequins inside the Minuteman II missile procedures trainer.

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The US Air Force plane that just crash-landed in a field was a new special ops attack aircraft converted from a crop duster

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The side of L3Harris' Sky Warden is seen sitting on an airfield with a grey overcast sky in the background.
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A US startup wants to build a giant military cargo plane that can fit 4 F-35 stealth fighters inside

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Radia WindRunner cargo plane
A rendering of Radia's giant cargo plane that measures 356-feet long.

Radia

Take a look inside Air Force Two, the 155-foot custom jet plane that vice presidents use to travel the world

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Air Force Two flies through the sky.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - SEPTEMBER 11: Air Force Two, carrying Vice President JD Vance, and the casket of Charlie Kirk on board, takes off at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

I toured the Air Force One plane that carried 8 presidents and brought JFK's body home from Dallas. Take a look inside.

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Eight US presidents flew on this Air Force One plane known as SAM 26000 at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
Eight US presidents flew on this Air Force One plane known as SAM 26000.

US Air Force photo by Jim Copes

The US Air Force is taking notes from Ukraine's shock Operation Spiderweb to protect its strategic bombers

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Inside an airbase shelter, an aircraft sits on a runway and people stand around it. The background is a blue sky with a line of clouds.
Ukraine's operation Spiderweb against Russian aircraft could provide lessons for major military powers.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard

The US Air Force just underwent a massive stress test of how it would fight a high-end war in the Pacific

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Four F-35 fighter aircraft fly above a cloudy blue sky.
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US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh

How 60,000 military name tapes are made every month in a Fort Knox factory

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Tucked away in a small, nondescript facility at Fort Knox lies a crucial operation in the US military supply chain — the AAFES Name Tape Plant. This factory manufactures nearly every name tag worn by service members across the US Armed Forces.

The US Air Force wants to buy Cybertrucks for target practice because they may start showing up on the battlefield

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A Tesla Cybertruck on a street with people around it.
YouTuber Zack Nelson said the Tesla Cybertruck has become polarizing because some of Elon Musk's comments.

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