LIEBERMANN (voice-over): This 63-year-old Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, decades older than its crew shows its age but it remains the Air Force's primary bomber, taking part in every U.S. war since Vietnam with planned upgrades to its antiquated systems, it will see nearly a century of s...
3.4 越南战争之后的使用 | Post-Vietnam War service 3.5 海湾战争及之后 | Gulf War and later 3.6 B-52和海上行动 | B-52 and maritime operations 3.7 21世纪的服务 | 21st century service 其他部分及参见、参考文献、外部链接 中文词条原文链接(无法从中国内地访问):请点击这里访问英文词条原文链接(无法从...
have both served as Stratofortress aircrew. Since the last months of the Vietnam War, the B-52 community has affectionately referred to the big bomber as the “BUFF” (Big Ugly Fat Fellow); that conflict marked the first use of the BUFF in combat. Since then, the B-52 has bee...
First flown in 1955, the B-52 has become an icon of deterrence and the long reach of American air power. The aircraft was conceived as a long-range nuclear bomber, but its versatility saw it used as a heavy-weight ‘bomb truck’ in Vietnam and a l... ...
On Christmas Eve 1972, while families throughout the world prepared for a day of celebration, the crew of the B-52D Bomber “Diamond Lil” were preparing for something entirely different. They had been tasked with the dangerous mission of bombing North Vietnamese railroad yards at Thai Nguyen...
The B-52D was a dedicated long-range bomber without a reconnaissance option. The Big Belly modifications allowed the B-52D to carry heavy loads of conventional bombs for carpet bombing over Vietnam,[246] while the Rivet Rambler modification added the Phase V ECM systems, which was better than...
The B-52 was primarily used as the U.S.A.s heavy bomber during the cold war due the simple fact that the B-2 Spirits wasn’t ready yet. The B-52s were used as heavy bombers during the Vietnamese war and gulf war alongside the b-2 spirits. The B-52 is still in use today ...
B-52的剧情简介· ··· Shot in the U.S., Germany and Vietnam and using nothing more than archival footage, interviews and facts, B-52 relates the story of America’s bomber, tracing the history of the aircraft from its inception in the Cold War days of 1947 until now where the plan...
The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet. It can carry nuclear or conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability.The aircraft's flexibility was evident during the Vietnam War and, again, in Operation Desert Storm. B-52s struck...
The article focuses on the Boeing's B-52 bomber planes. The article author views that though into 53rd year, B-52 is as potent weapon than ever before. The utility of the fighter is being discussed in respect to Vietnam war. During the Vietnam...