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In December 1946, Boeing was asked to change their design to a four-engine bomber with a top speed of 400 miles per hour (350 kn; 640 km/h), range of 12,000 miles (10,000 nmi; 19,000 km), and the ability to carry a nuclear weapon; in total, the aircraft could weigh up to 480,000 pounds (220,000 kg). [21]
The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet (15,166.6 meters). It can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability.
The B-52’s nose-mounted electro-optical blisters will be removed and a new radome installed with the new radar. The re-engining program is funded for $2.56 billion, all in the RDT&E budget, peaking at $650.5 million in 2025.
The B-52 has a wingspan of 185 feet (56 metres) and a length of 160 feet 10.9 inches (49 metres). It is powered by eight jet engines mounted under the wings in four twin pods. The plane’s maximum speed at 55,000 feet (17,000 metres) is Mach 0.9 (595 miles per hour, or 960 km/hr).
Data from B-52H: Maximum speed of 560 knots (1050 km/h) Flyaway cost per produced aircraft 9.28 millions USD in 1962. Crew: 5. H-model was originally equipped with a 20 mm Vulcan Gatling gun in a tail gun turret, removed 1991. (...)
Eventually the B-52’s subsonic top speed made it too slow for highly contested airspace, but the advent of nuclear-tipped cruise missiles meant America’s longstanding nuclear bomber could ...
B-model combat load performance netted a top speed of 628 miles per hour with a service ceiling of 47,300 feet. The operational radius was equal to 3,576 miles. The B-52C first flew on March 9, 1956 and officially came online in June of 1956 with 35 of the type seeing delivery.
One of the most recognizable aircraft in the world and an icon of the United States’ Cold War deterrent, the B-52 Stratofortress was for decades the U.S. Air Force’s primary strategic nuclear...
The B-52 is the most combat capable bomber in the U.S. inventory. Due to its high mission-capable rate, large payload, long range, persistence and ability to employ both nuclear and conventional precision standoff weapons, the B-52 continues to be a critical contributor to the U.S. National Security Strategy.
The B-52 had a top speed of 390 knots (448 mph) and a maximum operating altitude of more than 50,000 feet. It is 156 feet long, and has a wingspan of 185 feet. The heaviest load the B-52B carried since it became a NASA launch aircraft was 53,100-pound No. 2 X-15 with external fuel tanks used during that aircraft’s fastest flights.