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23. B52-s were stationed in Wichita at McConnell for decades when it was a SAC base.

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 07:08 AM

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They'd vibrate your body if you were in the vicinity when they were taking off.

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Air Force B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California [View all] BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP

Just saw something about new Rolls Royce engines being fitted to the B52s displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #1

CNN has a video... 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #4

Probably a different kind of test caraher 13 hrs ago #11

Those planes are all 60+ years old. displacedvermoter 12 hrs ago #15

This flight apparently was a test of an upgraded radar system caraher 11 hrs ago #16

Could be. The point of that retrofit is Bluetus 8 hrs ago #20

Very interesting, thank you... displacedvermoter 15 min ago #25

419th Flight Test Squadron LudwigPastorius 16 hrs ago #2

I was looking at a local LA station's video feed of the base and runways BumRushDaShow 16 hrs ago #3

Truly disintegrated. 2naSalit 16 hrs ago #5

I saw that all 12 aboard died---correction, 8. C Moon 9 hrs ago #17

I posted a news piece about it... 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #18

Yes, very sad. C Moon 8 hrs ago #19

Yep...and it said a normal crew of five. This one had eight aboard. Bengus81 1 hr ago #22

Engineers testing the new equipment, trainers displacedvermoter 11 min ago #26

Damn irisblue 16 hrs ago #6

Holy crap! Strength to all affected! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #7

These airframes are so old I'm suprised sdfernando 15 hrs ago #9

💔💔💔 ultralite001 13 hrs ago #13

They would often fly in to what became Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #24