Military officials released the names of the eight crew members that died in a test flight that crashed after taking off on June 15.

Edwards Air Force Base said emergency responders were on the scene.

The US Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California.

The military aircraft plummeted to the ground just outside of Los Angeles around 11.20am PT on Monday after departing from Edwards Air Force Base.

A B-52 Stratofortress went down at around 11:20 a.m. local time on Monday, bursting into flames and killing everyone on board.

Eight people are feared to have died when a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after take-off in California on Monday, the US air force base where the accident happened said.

The aircraft crashed at California's Edwards Air Force base. An investigation is now underway into the cause of the disaster.

The aircraft crashed at California's Edwards Air Force base. An investigation is now underway into the cause of the disaster.

Eight presumed dead in B-52 bomber crash at California Air Force base; investigation into cause ongoing amid emergency response efforts.

Eight people were on board the aircraft

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…

Smoke rises from a blackened part of Edwards Air Force Base after the crash of a US Air Force B-52 bomber aircraft in Edwards, California, US, June 15, 2026, in a still image from…

A US Air Force B-52 bomber, designed to carry nuclear and conventional weapons, crashes shortly after taking off at an air base.

Eight people were killed after a US B-52 bomber crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday. The aircraft was carrying…

Edwards Air Force Base said the B-52 went down during a routine test mission and believes the crash to be 'not survivable.'

A B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed during a routine training mission at Edwards Air Force Base. All eight crew members aboard perished in the incident. The aircraft burst into…

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 identities of those killed were not released as officials were still in the process of notifying their next of kin.

Eight people were killed after a U.S.

The aircraft, one of the US Air Force's longest-used bombers, goes down during a routine test mission.

The B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base during a test flight supporting a radar modernization program.