B52 Bomber Crash at Edwards ​Air ​Force: All crew members dead after Boeing Stratofortress crashed following take-off in California, all about supersonic aircraft capable of carrying nuclear warheads

B52 Bomber Stratofortress crashed at Edwards ​Air ​Force Base in California on Monday. The Stratofortress, designed and ​built by Boeing, ​is a long-range, subsonic aircraft that has long served as the backbone ⁠of the United States' crewed strategic bomber force, according to the ​U.S. military.