A B-52 bomber has crashed near Edwards Air Force Base in California. Horrific footage of the scene showed a charred runway at the military base in Kern County with smoke still billowing.Edwards Air Force Base announced on social media that a B-52 Stratofortress had crashed shortly after takeoff at 11:20 a.m. local time.“Emergency crews immediately responded to the scene and the situation is ongoing,” the military base wrote. A B-52 bomber has crashed near Edwards Air Force Base in California (ALERTCalifornia/ UC San Diego)The Edwards airfield, where the jet crashed, was closed Monday afternoon with all inbound aircraft diverted, the air base said in a Monday afternoon update. “All non-commercial visitor passes have been suspended until further notice to allow the installation to focus entirely on emergency response operations,” according to the military base. The B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber that can fly at “high subsonic speeds” up to 50,000 feet in the air, according to the Air Force. The bomber can carry nuclear or precision-guided weapons.“For more than 60 years, B-52s have been the backbone of the strategic bomber force for the United States,” the Aire Force wrote on its website. B-52 bombers delivered 40 percent of all weapons dropped by coalition forces during Desert Storm, the combat phase of the U.S.-led Gulf War against Iraq in the early 1990s. This is a developing story...