This is something you don’t see too often: a B-52 on final performs a go-around because a U-2 hasn’t vacated the runway yet. On Monday May 20, 2024, two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers ...

Following exercises in the North Sea during December, a single bomber was accepted at the Fairford airport from the two scheduled (with the call signs DEATH 31 and DEATH 32) to carry out missions.

Plane spotters in the U.K. were left in awe at the world's most expensive and secretive plane as it soared just 60 feet over their heads. It was one of three U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bombers in the ...

A Gloucestershire airbase is currently hosting more than double the usual number of crew from the United States Air Force. More than 200 American aircrew have flown in to RAF Fairford to carry out a ...

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch flight shows at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT). The event at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire has been going for more than 50 ...

Two B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived in the UK from Barksdale AFB on Sept. 12 ahead of Exercise Cobra Warrior 25-2, which kicks off next week. Using the callsigns SCALP 93 and SCALP 94, ...

The US Air Force base at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire has held a special heritage day to celebrate its 80th anniversary. Guests from the local community, including schoolchildren, saw displays of ...