Air Force names 8 killed in fiery B-52 crash at California’s Edwards base

The Air Force on Wednesday identified the eight people killed when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base.

The crew included pilots, weapon systems officers, flight test engineers, Boeing employees and a contractor working on the military’s bomber modernization programs.

The eight died Monday when the aircraft went down during a routine test mission at the Mojave Desert base, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The Air Force said the crash was “unsurvivable.”…

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