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“Heather and I are praying for everyone involved in today’s B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base, especially the crew, their families, and the first responders on scene,” local Congressman Jay Obernolte said.
One social media user wrote: “Did something just happen at Edwards Air Force Base? Currently seeing a large column coming from the base, cams are aligned with one of the runways.”
The B-52 Stratofortress has been operated by the United States Air Force since 1955, it was designed and built by Boeing — it was built to carry up to 70,000 pounds of weapons and can travel about 8,800 miles without refueling.
A B-52 Stratofortress equipped with a newly upgraded radar system arrived at Edwards Air Force Base from Boeing’s facility in San Antonio back in December, as part of an effort to modernize the bombers.
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The new radar system installed in the planes was part of a wider modernization effort aimed at improving the B-52’s performance to keep the aircraft useable for decades.
Edwards Air Force base was the Mojave Desert test site where Tom Cruise’s Maverick hit Mach 10 at the beginning of Top Gun: Maverick.
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