Senior Air Force leaders gathered at Edwards Air Force Base to honor the eight B-52 Stratofortress crew members lost in a June 15 crash, paying tribute to their ultimate sacrifice and dedication to the flight test mission and American airpower.
A second B-52H bomber will be modified with the advanced radar system and sent to Edwards Air Force Base for testing before the end of the year.
'Emergency crews immediately responded to the scene'
An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, the base said.
The Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit, under Air Combat Command, concluded a critical exercise with Collaborative Combat Aircraft recently at Edwards Air Force Base, putting principles of the new Warfighting Acquisition System into practice.