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The Long Range Strike Bomber program is intended to yield a stealthy successor for the B-52 and B-1 that would begin service in the 2020s; it is intended to produce 80 to 100 aircraft. Two competitors, Northrop Grumman and a joint team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, submitted proposals in 2014; [ 233 ] Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract in ...
Composed of B-52G aircraft and personnel 806th Provisional Bombardment Wing, RAF Fairford, England Activated in January 1991. Inactivated March 1991. Composed of B-52G aircraft and personnel from the 62d, 340th, 524th, and 668th Bombardment Squadrons 1701st Provisional Air Refueling Wing, Prince Abdulla AB, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
B-52G-130BW 59-2601, at Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia, USA. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955. The B-52A first flew in 1954, and the B model entered service in 1955.
The United States said on Friday it will deploy B-52 bombers, fighter jets, refueling aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, in a readjustment of military assets as the Abraham Lincoln ...
This is a list of United States bomber aircraft, including those with the capability of bombing, ... Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber: 1952: operational ...
Reequipped with KC-135 and B-52 aircraft, conducted Air refueling operations since January 1961 and strategic bombardment training since May 1961. Replaced the 4038th Strategic Wing in 1963. Supported combat operations in Southeast Asia with KC-135 aircraft and crews and B-52 crews, 1965–1975.
Fortunately, the B-52 has multiple engines, but it’s a reminder that the US military is still relying on an aircraft first flown in the 1950s that has outlasted the Cold War by more than 30 years.
A Boeing B-52H Stratofortress in flight. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been operational with the United States Air Force since 5 June 1955. This list is of accidents and incidents involving the B-52 resulting in loss of life, severe injuries, or a loss of an aircraft (damaged beyond repair).