B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at California’s Edwards Air Force Base, military says

CNN By Taylor Romine, Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — A military aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from a base northeast of Los Angeles Monday morning, Edwards Air Force Base said on social media. “A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff on the Edwards airfield at 11:20 a.m.,” the base said