{"id":44243,"date":"2026-06-16T07:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/44243\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T07:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:29:22","slug":"smoke-rises-after-us-air-force-b-52-bomber-crashes-in-flames-in-california-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/44243\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke rises after US air force B-52 bomber crashes in flames in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Smoke rises after US air force B-52 bomber crashes in flames in California\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9-m6vc5wgc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSmoke rises after US air force B-52 bomber crashes in flames in California<br \/>\n<br \/>\nA US military B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards air force base in southern California&#8217;s Mojave Desert.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>All eight crew members aboard were presumed to have been killed, air base officials say in a statement released on Monday. The eight-engine, jet-powered Boeing aircraft \u2013 built to carry nuclear and conventional bombs \u2013 was on a routine test mission when it went down. Aerial video footage of the crash scene, about 100 miles (161km) north of Los Angeles, showed a charred, smouldering patch of the desert floor roughly the size of a football field as an emergency vehicle was seen driving along the site&#8217;s perimeter<\/p>\n<p>Eight presumed dead after B-52 bomber crashes at California air force base \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/15\/b52-bomber-crash-california-military-base<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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