A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base during a test flight, ...

A towering black plume of smoke rose over the Mojave Desert on the morning of June 15, 2026 — the unmistakable signature of catastrophe at one of America’s most storied flight test facilities. A B-52 ...

A mammoth military plane on a routine test mission crashed shortly after takeoff Monday in Southern California, killing all eight crew members on board and leaving charred wreckage so mangled it was ...

A B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base on a routine test mission, resulting in the deaths of all eight people on board. The eight fatalities included military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress carrying eight people crashed Monday after taking off from ...

Eight people, including two Boeing employees, have been killed after a US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed immediately after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. The incident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight people are dead after an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber on a "routine test mission" crashed shortly after takeoff and ...

Eight crewmembers are believed to have been killed after a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California, on Monday, officials ...

Eight people died on Monday when a B-52 bomber crashed and erupted in flames shortly after departing from a U.S. Air Force base located in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, military officials ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The B-52 that crashed during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California was in the air a very short time before slamming into the ground about halfway down the runway.

The night that dumb luck may have saved America.

One of eight people killed when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert was a civilian flight test engineer and father to two young boys who had just ...