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Los Angeles, June 16 (IANS) A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert, the base said. The crash occurred on Monday at approximately 11:20 a.m. local time, the base wrote on X. Emergency response teams were immediately dispatched to the scene, and response operations remain ongoing. In a separate post on X, the military base announced that the airfield was closed and all inbound aircraft were being diverted, Xinhua news agency reported. "Today, Edwards Air Force Base experienced a terrible tragedy, and we lost eight great Americans," Col James…