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US B-52 bomber crashes in California: What we know
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- The aircraft, one of the US Air Force’s longest-used bombers, goes down during a routine test mission.
- The Boeing-manufactured B-52 bomber plunged to the ground at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday, officials said at a news conference.
- “We lost eight great Americans,” Colonel James Hayes, the deputy commander for the 412 Test Wing at Edwards, said at a news conference, adding that officials were working to notify the victims’ families.
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The aircraft, one of the US Air Force’s longest-used bombers, goes down during a routine test mission.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Smoke rises from a B-52 bomber that crashed shortly after takeoff at a US Air Force base in Southern California on June 15, 2026 [Debbie Reyes Katz/AP]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 16 Jun 202616 Jun 2026A long-range United States military aircraft has crashed in the state of California, killing all eight people on board, officials confirm.
The Boeing-manufactured B-52 bomber plunged to the ground at Edwards Air Force Base on Monday, officials said at a news conference.
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