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File photo. A B-52 bomber of the US Air Force has crashed in California. It crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. The air base authorities said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred at 11:20 am local time on Monday. Authorities have not yet confirmed whether anyone was injured. A huge black plume of smoke was seen in the sky after the plane crashed. It was visible from several miles away.<\/p>\n
The statement said that emergency rescue teams quickly arrived at the scene and rescue operations are still underway. More information will be provided later.<\/p>\n
The US military has been using the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft since the 1950s. This large aircraft is nicknamed ‘The Buff’, which is short for ‘Big Ugly Fat’.<\/p>\n
Video footage from the sky shows smoke still billowing from the crash site.<\/p>\n
The B-52 is a long-range strategic bomber. The US military recently used it in its war against Iran.<\/p>\n
This massive bomber can fly at an altitude of 50,000 feet. It can carry about 70,000 pounds of weapons. It can carry hundreds of conventional bombs or 32 nuclear-armed cruise missiles.<\/p>\n
The plane can be refueled in mid-flight, allowing it to strike anywhere in the world. During the Cold War, it served as a ‘nuclear umbrella’ for the United States.<\/p>\n
The B-52 Stratofortress usually has a crew of five. Among them is a commander, a pilot, a radar navigator, a navigator and an electronic warfare officer.<\/p>\n
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The Daily Morning Sun Online \/\/ File photo. A B-52 bomber of the US Air Force has crashed in California. It crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. The air base authorities said in a statement. The accident occurred at 11:20 am local time on Monday. Authorities have not yet confirmed whether anyone was injured. A huge black plume of smoke was seen in the sky after the plane crashed. It was visible from several miles away. The statement said that emergency rescue teams quickly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8368,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8366\/revisions\/8368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailymorningsun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}