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Air Combat Command's B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50, 000 feet (15, 166.6 meters). It can carry nuclear or conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability.

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The development of Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress began in the late 1940s when the Air Force saw a need for an all-jet bomber that could carry nuclear and conventional bombs more than 4, 000 miles. The B-52 made its first flight in 1952 and entered service with the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1954. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities in the Persian Gulf, B-52s had seen ...

Boeing B-52 Stratfortress Origin of B-52 Boeing XB-52/YB-52 Stratofortress Boeing B-52A Stratofortress Boeing RB-52B/B-52B Stratofortress Service of Boeing RB-52B/B-52B Stratofortress Boeing B-52C Stratofortress Service of Boeing B-52C Stratofortress Boeing B-52D Stratofortress Service of Boeing B-52D Stratofortress Boeing B-52E Stratofortress Service of Boeing B-52E Stratofortress Boeing B-52F ...

BACK TO NRO Our Big Ol Bomber A heavy duty airship is going the distance. By Charles E. Miller, a retired Air Force colonel. November 2, 2001 9:00 a.m. he B-52H models now being used to bomb Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan entered the Air Force inventory in 1961 and 1962. The 94 B-52s left in the Air Force are the remains of a fleet of 744 aircraft, originally conceived and designed ...

THE B-52: AN INTRODUCTION In many ways, the history of the B-52 is the history of the Cold War. Its role and mission are intertwined with the grim face of the nuclear age. This is the story of the B-52 Stratofortress, the Strategic Air Command's Long Rifle.