U.S. Air Force officials identified Wednesday the eight crew members who died earlier this week in a U.S. strategic bomber crash in California.

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

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

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed on Monday shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base.

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…

Eight people onboard the long-range bomber were killed in a crash at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday. The mishap also reduced the number of operational B-52s

A US Air Force B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California, with all eight people aboard feared dead.

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 Stratofortress bomber crashed on Monday (June 15) shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, and all eight crew…

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.

Two of those killed were Boeing employees, the company says

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

Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire shortly after takeoff at an air force base in California on Monday, officials said.

International News: US air force B-52 Stratofortress bomber tragically crashed in Edward’s air force base in California on June 15, killing all eight personnel on board. .

Boeing-built Stratofortress was on routine training mission