B-52 crash at Edward s AFB

[LotusOmega375D]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx10yql319o

[UK_Scat_Pack]

Sad news. Thoughts are with the crews families.

[seabod91]

Eight fatalities. Which is not surprising considering there is no wreckage, just scorched earth. Absolutely horrific.

[BrettMRC]

Two Boeing employees on board too, wonder if it was a test flight of some kind?

[phil squares]

That aircraft was the AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) test bed.

[Eric Mc]

BrettMRC said:

Two Boeing employees on board too, wonder if it was a test flight of some kind?

Edwards Air Force Base is essentially a test airfield - and has been since 1946 (when it was originally called Muroc Field and from 1947, Muroc Air Force Base).