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The B-52's US$72,000 cost per hour of flight is more than the B-1B's US$63,000 cost per hour, but less than the B-2's US$135,000 per hour. [ 233 ] 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.
The AGM-86 ALCM is an American subsonic air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) built by Boeing and operated by the United States Air Force.This missile was developed to increase the effectiveness and survivability of the Boeing B-52G and B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers, allowing the aircraft to deliver its payload from a great distance.
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 U.S. Air Force recently announced that the last squadrons of the legendary B-52's have returned home after concluding operations against ISIS. 11 photos of the legendary B-52 Stratofortress bomber
B-52B-5BO 52-005 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum B-52B-10BO 52-008 at Edwards Air Force Base Museum, Edwards AFB, California 55-0068 at the USAF History & Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas 55-0083 at the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado 56-612 at the former Castle AFB, California B-52D s/n 56-0657 Ellsworth AFB 55-0085 at the Museum of Aviation B-52G at ...
[1] [2] GOR 148 called for a supersonic air-to-surface cruise missile with a weight of not more than 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg) (fully fueled and armed) to be carried in pairs by the B-52 Stratofortress. [3] Each B-52 would carry two of the missiles, one under each wing, on a pylon located between the B-52's fuselage and its inboard pair of ...
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B-52 Stratofortress B-21 Raider The AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off Weapon ( LRSO ) is a nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile under development by Raytheon Technologies that will replace the AGM-86 ALCM .