{"id":1815,"date":"2026-06-16T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:04:49","slug":"8-dead-after-b-52-crashes-at-edwards-air-force-base-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1815","title":{"rendered":"8 dead after B-52 crashes at Edwards Air Force Base in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Eight people aboard a B-52 Stratofortress were killed Monday when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1813\">Federal agents foil plot to strike high-profile UFC event at White House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials confirmed Monday evening that all eight people aboard the plane had been killed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost eight great Americans,&#8221; said James Hayes, the the base&#8217;s deputy commander, during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft went down on the airfield at about 11:20 a.m., according to a Facebook post from the base.<\/p>\n<p>Officials characterized the incident as &#8220;an unrecoverable crash and unsurvivable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash was not immediately known. The base will conduct a full investigation into the incident, which could extend for months, Hayes said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1811\">A diamond, a whale bone and lots of letters: What\u2019s inside the America 250 time capsule<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | <\/b><b>All 12 occupants killed in skydiving plane crash in western Missouri, authorities say<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Edwards Air Force Base is located in the Mojave Desert, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The base said its airfield is closed and all inbound aircraft are being diverted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All non-commercial visitor passes have been suspended until further notice to allow the installation to focus entirely on emergency response operations,&#8221; the base said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The B-52 first entered service in the 1950s and remains one of the Air Force&#8217;s primary long-range bombers. 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