Airmen at Barksdale AFB, La., worked with a television crew filming a segment on the B-52 bomber for its “Weapons That Changed the World” series. The venerable bomber’s piece is slated to air in January.
The total program cost of re-engining the B-52H fleet of 76 airplanes will be about $11 billion, a 9 percent jump over a previous estimate because of more-up-to-date data. Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 17 that recent press reports of…