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6/16/2026, 5:15:21 AM
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All right, to another Fox News alert, sad one.
An investigation underway this morning after a B-52 bomber crashed moments after takeoff, bursting into flames at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Officials calling the crash quote, "Unservivable, killing all eight crew members aboard."
>> Joining us now is Army veteran and international military strategist Lieutenant Colonel Darren Gob.
Lieutenant Colonel Gob, thank you so much for joining us on this absolutely tragic news.
As Todd just said, this crash happened shortly after takeoff.
Uh, what could be the cause of something like this taking place on board a B-52?
>> Yeah, good morning, Carly.
Um, all aviation accidents that I've been involved always have either human material or environmental components to them, either individually or in some combination.
Um, when I saw at least the limited amount that I was able to see of this, there there's a lot of things that could come to mind, you know, from a mechanical standpoint.
You something could have failed.
They could have lost power.
There could be bad fuel.
Um, it's really too early to tell for sure.
And and it's going to take time, especially with this kind of accident, to sort all of these things out.
So, what they'll do with an accident like this is is uh look at everything regardless.
And that's just standard practice to look at those three components and go into everything from the records before takeoff, individual individual flight records to the aircraft maintenance records.
They'll take a look at weather briefs and weather conditions uh and not rule anything out right away just based on visual evidence.
Um this, you know, this could go anywhere at this point.
It is quite rare and of course it is tragic
but um it is way too early right now to be able to say you know what caused it
but what could have caused it certainly uh a number of factors are out there that need to be considered.
>> The last B-52 Lieutenant Colonel was built in 1962 and they're expected to be used into the 2050s.
Apologies if this comes off as naive and and ignorant of Air Force and Air Force policies, but is that a good idea, Lieutenant Colonel?
Seems like this is a pretty old plane.
Well, you know, sometimes old means proven, and the B-52 is a phenomenal aircraft.
And despite the age of specific airframes and how long a an airframe has been in service, they will go through rigorous testing on a routine basis.
They will go through upgrades of various components from power plants to avionics, even into some of the structural materials.
So, you know, by looking at an airplane and saying that this thing has been in service since the 1960s doesn't mean that what you're looking at isn't in the end that has been overhauled.
so much that it's practically new.
The B-52 is so proven with its mission and what it's capable of doing that there's just simply nothing out there that could possibly replace it and have the same effect that it that it has on in battlefields today.
Someday there will be, but for now uh I can't imagine anything that could take over a mission of a B-52.
>> Yeah, the crew consisted of government civilians, government contractors, and uniform military personnel.
and we mourn the loss of every single one of them.
Lieutenant Colonel Darren Gob, we thank you so much for joining us this morning.
Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you.
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