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Edwards Air Force Base

Community

These are the names of California's B-52 crash victims

Military officials have identified all eight people killed in this week’s fiery crash of a B-52 during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
Government & Politics

B-52 on test flight plunged at nearly a mile a minute before crashing, killing 8

Christopher Weber/Associated Press, Josh Funk / Associated Press

Limited tracking data shows that the B-52 involved in a deadly crash during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base made a sharp right and then nearly completed a 180-degree turn before plunging to the ground at nearly a mile a minute.