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17. I saw that all 12 aboard died---correction, 8.

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:35 PM

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Air Force B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California [View all] BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

Just saw something about new Rolls Royce engines being fitted to the B52s displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #1

CNN has a video... 2naSalit 14 hrs ago #4

Probably a different kind of test caraher 12 hrs ago #11

Those planes are all 60+ years old. displacedvermoter 11 hrs ago #15

This flight apparently was a test of an upgraded radar system caraher 10 hrs ago #16

Could be. The point of that retrofit is Bluetus 6 hrs ago #20

419th Flight Test Squadron LudwigPastorius 15 hrs ago #2

I was looking at a local LA station's video feed of the base and runways BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #3

Truly disintegrated. 2naSalit 14 hrs ago #5

I saw that all 12 aboard died---correction, 8. C Moon 7 hrs ago #17

I posted a news piece about it... 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #18

Yes, very sad. C Moon 7 hrs ago #19

Yep...and it said a normal crew of five. This one had eight aboard. Bengus81 14 min ago #22

Damn irisblue 14 hrs ago #6

Holy crap! Strength to all affected! electric_blue68 14 hrs ago #7

These airframes are so old I'm suprised sdfernando 13 hrs ago #9

💔💔💔 ultralite001 11 hrs ago #13