Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

(5,169 posts)

1. Just saw something about new Rolls Royce engines being fitted to the B52s

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 03:57 PM

19 hrs ago

I wonder if a test related event? Hope crew survived, they go down hard do these big old things.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

4 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

31 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Air Force B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California [View all] BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP

Just saw something about new Rolls Royce engines being fitted to the B52s displacedvermoter 19 hrs ago #1

CNN has a video... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #4

Probably a different kind of test caraher 16 hrs ago #11

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

This flight apparently was a test of an upgraded radar system caraher 14 hrs ago #16

Could be. The point of that retrofit is Bluetus 10 hrs ago #20

Very interesting, thank you... displacedvermoter 2 hrs ago #25

Navy doesn't have any 60 year old warships or subs, displacedvermoter 17 min ago #31

419th Flight Test Squadron LudwigPastorius 19 hrs ago #2

I was looking at a local LA station's video feed of the base and runways BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #3

Truly disintegrated. 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #5

I saw that all 12 aboard died---correction, 8. C Moon 11 hrs ago #17

I posted a news piece about it... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #18

Yes, very sad. C Moon 11 hrs ago #19

Yep...and it said a normal crew of five. This one had eight aboard. Bengus81 4 hrs ago #22

Engineers testing the new equipment, trainers displacedvermoter 2 hrs ago #26

Damn irisblue 18 hrs ago #6

Holy crap! Strength to all affected! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #7

These airframes are so old I'm suprised sdfernando 17 hrs ago #9

💔💔💔 ultralite001 15 hrs ago #13

They would often fly in to what became Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #24

They don't make 'em like that anymore..... JohnnyRingo 1 hr ago #27

I have to ask this question... ColoradoHoosier 1 hr ago #28

Since they are designed for long haul trips BumRushDaShow 1 hr ago #29