Edwards Air Force Base B52 Crash Follows Monday Takeoff
A b52 crash happened shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County on Monday around 11:20 a.m. Emergency crews responded to the scene after the aircraft went down.
Edwards Air Force Base
The crash took place at Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Lancaster, a site where the Air Force and NASA conduct test flights of new and developmental aircraft. The plane involved was a B-52 Stratofortress, a bomber built by Boeing.
The B-52 Stratofortress first entered service in the 1950s and typically carries a crew of five. It is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear weapons over long distances.
B-52 Stratofortress
Additional details were not available after the crash. The aircraft’s age, mission profile, and long-range role place the incident at one of the country’s most closely watched flight-test locations.
The immediate issue for anyone tracking the crash is the condition of the aircraft and crew, but those details were not released in the available information. The next step is a fuller account of what happened on takeoff and what emergency crews found at the scene.
