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SECURITYJun 15 · 19:32 UTCWSVN MIAMIKevin Boulandier

B-52 Stratofortress crashes after takeoff at Edwards Air Force base in California

A B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force base in California on Monday morning. Emergency crews responded to the incident around 11:20 a.m., but there was no immediate information on injuries. The base is 100 miles north of Los Angeles and historically significant as the site where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound in 1947.

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