Boeing’s oldest jet-powered bomber, the B-52 Stratofortress is, at age 75, older than most Flying readers. According to a story in DefenseOne.com, reengining
. . engines with commercial engines," the notice states.The Air Force has been exploring options for boosting the performance of its B-52 engines to support a longer-than-expected service life that could keep the aging bomber flying through the 2050s.Part of that exploration has involved ...
The B-52 ("BUFF") is getting a big, ugly, fat, f***ing upgrade: The re-engined bomber is about to be deadlier than ever.
参考译文:在2017年巴克斯代尔空军基地航空展上,B-29超级堡垒“Doc”、B-17飞行堡垒“Thunderbird”和B-52同温层堡垒以编队形式飞行。图片来源:Senior Airman Curt Beach The B-52 shared many technological similarities with the preceding B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber. The two aircraft used the same basic...
Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and GE Aviation have all expressed interest in the new B-52 engine, but only Pratt and Whitney has actually chosen a potential replacement: the PW815 engine used in the Gulfstream G500 passenger jet. The Air Force would like to replace the bomber's APQ-166...
23.TF-33 Engine Replacement 24.Lethal Self Protection 25.B-52 Cockpit Modernization 26.KY-58 VINSON Secure Voice 27.AVTR 28.Additional Cabin Pressure Altimeter 29.Enhanced Bomber Mission Management System 30.Chaff and Flare Dispenser Upgrade 31.Non 1760 Pylon Upgrade The B-52 is undergoing a Co...
TF-33 Engine Replacement24. Lethal Self Protection25. B-52 Cockpit Modernization26. KY-58 VINSON Secure Voice27. AVTR28. Additional Cabin Pressure Altimeter29. Enhanced Bomber Mission Management System30. Chaff and Flare Dispenser Upgrade31. Non 1760 Pylon U 25、pgradeThe B-52 is undergoing a...
communication links, allowing crews to stay connected to the world throughout their mission. CONECT upgrades to the remaining 76 B-52Hs are expected to be complete by 2020; later that decade, the newly outfitted BUFFs will fly alongside their eventual replacement: the Long-Range Strike-...
Air Force from 1953 to 1957, called the Boeing B-52 “the long rifle of the air age” shortly after it entered service on June 29, 1955, no one imagined that the eight-engine, 390,000-pound bomber would still be operational 60 years later. Had he a crystal ball, General Twining ...
replacement of the glazed nose with a solid nose.The first production T4 flew on 20 September 1953 and the variant entered service withNo. 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAFin early 1954.In addition to those assigned to the operational conversion unit, all of the B2 equipped bomber squadrons ...