By
Julie Sharp
Web Producer, CBS Los Angeles
Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team.
/ CBS LA
A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base at 11:20 a.m.
Emergency crews responded to the scene, with the situation "ongoing," according to Edwards Air Force Base.
Aerial footage shows a large smoldering burn mark on the land.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy, jet-powered strategic bomber.
Edwards Air Force Base is located in the western Mojave Desert, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
No further information is available at this time.
