A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, the Pentagon said.<\/p>\n
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said in post on X that the eight people aboard were killed.<\/p>\n
The aircraft had been on a \u201croutine test mission\u201d when the crash occurred at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, according to a statement from Edwards Air Force Base, which added that an investigation regarding the cause was underway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the eight lives lost in today\u2019s tragic crash at Edwards AFB,\u201d Meink said in a post on X Monday night. \u201cWe mourn this loss and honor the service of our Airmen, civilians, and contractors who work every day to advance our mission. I send my sincerest condolences to their families and loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
The long-range Boeing\u00a0bomber typically carries five crewmembers\u00a0and has been operated by the Air Force since the 1950s. The aircraft cost around $84 million, according to an Air Force fact sheet.<\/p>\n
The bombers played a key role in Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s and were recently deployed in operations against Iran, helping to strike key targets like air defense systems and command posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[147307,7,9,8,11480,2281],"class_list":["post-362514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-air-accidents","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-u-s-military","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}