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Produced. 1952–1962. Number built. 744 [1] The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s, and NASA for over 50 years.
1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash. On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and crashed on Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, six miles (9.7 km) from Greenville.
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).
May 2007 photo of the Boeing RB-52B-5-BO Stratofortress 52–005 with tail colour for the Yellowtails Squadron – 330th BS/93rd BW. Initially retired to Davis-Monthan AFB in February 1966, was used as a maintenance trainer at Lowry Technical Training Center until April 1982.
The B-52 that accompanied us across the Pacific Ocean had landed in Japan. ... The Boeing B-52H Stratofortress is America’s primary strategic bomber, taking part in every US war since Vietnam ...
The Sikorsky bomber had a wingspan just a few feet shorter than that of a World War ... is the U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress during the 1960s–early 1970s ...
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. A total of 744 B-52s were built with the last, a B-52H, delivered in October 1962.
B-52 Stratofortress. The AGM-129 ACM (Advanced Cruise Missile) was a low-observable, subsonic, turbofan -powered, air-launched cruise missile originally designed and built by General Dynamics and eventually acquired by Raytheon Missile Systems. Prior to its withdrawal from service in 2012, the AGM-129A was carried exclusively by the US Air ...