Fox News has published additional footage from the crash site of a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, the military news outlet reported Monday evening. The clip follows the initial confirmation of the crash, which occurred at Edwards Air Force Base, California earlier on Monday. No details about the cause or the crew were included in the release.
Fox News has published additional footage from the site of Monday evening's B-52 Stratofortress crash at Edwards Air Force Base, California, the outlet reported at 22:57 Jerusalem. The clip supplements initial military confirmation of the incident, which The Zioneer first reported at 22:18 Jerusalem based on Israeli media reports, later corroborated by the Air Force's own confirmation at 22:38 Jerusalem. The new aerial and ground-angle video appears to show wreckage scattered across the desert test range, though no crew status or crash cause is disclosed. The U.S. Air Force has confirmed the loss of the bomber and stated an investigation is underway, but has not released the B-52 variant's tail number or the crewmembers' condition. As The Zioneer reported at 22:18 Jerusalem, the B-52 went down at approximately 22:00 Jerusalem time (12:00 local Pacific) during a routine training sortie. The thread evolved from initial unconfirmed Israeli media reports (22:18 Jerusalem) to an on-record military confirmation (22:38 Jerusalem). This is the second major U.S. military aviation incident reported within hours, following a Tu-22M3 bomber crash in Russia's Irkutsk region earlier today, as The Zioneer reported at 20:01 Jerusalem. Fox News material has not been independently verified by The Zioneer. The crew's fate and the crash cause remain unconfirmed, with no official release expected imminently.
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