A US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, killing all eight onboard, including two Boeing employees, during a routine test mission.
The incident occurred at 11:20 local time
Jun 16, 2026
08:17 am
What's the storyA United States Air Force B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California on Monday.
The incident, which occurred at 11:20 local time (19:20 GMT), resulted in the deaths of eight people on board, including two Boeing employees.
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A B-52 Stratofortress went down at around 11:20 a.m. local time on Monday, bursting into flames and killing everyone on board.
The B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base during a test flight supporting a radar modernization…
The identities of those killed were not released as officials were still in the process of notifying their next of kin.
Two of those killed were Boeing employees, the company says
Eight people were killed after a US B-52 bomber crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base…
The US Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California.
