Ended B-52 alert duties in September 1992 , and ended bombardment mission in 1994 , with transfer from Air Combat Command to Air Mobility Command upon departure of last B-52H . On 24 June 1994 , a B-52H practicing for an airshow crashed on the airfield while making an unauthorized , low altitude , steep turn . The aircraft exceeded 90 degrees of bank , entered a stall and impacted the ground killing all on board , including the squadron commander and chief of standardization-evaluation . The pilot , Lt Col Arthur " Bud " Holland , maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost control . The aircraft stalled , fell to the ground and exploded , killing Holland and the other three USAF officers aboard . The crash was captured on video and was shown repeatedly on news broadcasts throughout the world
crashed on the airfield
1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash
92nd Air Refueling Wing