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Four active-duty airmen, a reservist and three civilians who were on a team devoted to keeping the bomber flying for decades to come died in the crash.
They included Air Force officers flying the plane, civilian government flight test engineers and two employees of Boeing, the manufacturer.
All eight crew members died when the bomber crashed during a routine test mission at a military base in California on Monday.
Edwards Air Force Base released the names of the eight people killed when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards during a routine test mission.
The eight people killed in an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crash this week have been identified.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber crashed on Monday right after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, killing all eight crew members. The aircraft was on a routine test mission supporting the base’s radar modernization program when it crashed on the runway. It is designed to carry nuclear and conventional bombs. Col. James Hayes said the crew included military personnel, government civilians, and contractors. “Today, Edwards Air Force Base experienced a terrible tragedy, and we lost eight great Americans,” Hayes said. Photos of the crash show a smoking black impact area at the end of the runway with no large intact pieces of debris. Officials said the wreck was deemed unrecoverable and unsurvivable after initial…Open
The names of the dead as of Tuesday morning had not been released.
The 412th Test Wing said the B-52 was on a routine test mission and “initial indications are that the crash was not survivable.”