In 1983, the USAF opted to retire the type; the B-57 Canberra's retirement marked the ending of the era of the tactical bomber. The three remaining flightworthy WB-57Fs are technically assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center, next to Ellington Field in Houston, as high-altitude scientifi...
In 1983, the USAF opted to retire the type; the B-57 Canberra's retirement marked the ending of the era of the tactical bomber. The three remaining flightworthy WB-57Fs are technically assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center, next to Ellington Field in Houston, as high-altitude scientifi...
The B-52H is the US Air Force’s (USAF) long-range, large-payload multirole bomber, commonly known as the Stratofortress or the Buff (big ugly fat fellow). The bomber serves as the USAF’s principal strategic nuclear and conventional weapons platform. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber c...
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s, and NASA for over...
USAF generals concur on B-1 bomber upgrade. 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 51 摘要: Reveals the US Air Force has completed a B-1 'summit' at which a panel of senior generals agreed to a three part, $1.9 billion improvement program for the 97-aircraft fleet that assigned priorities for ...
Although snapshots of the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber in flight have been taken previously by the public, these weren't with permission. Now the United States Air Force has released the first official images of the aircraft in the air.
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The Convair B-58 was the first supersonic bomber built in the West. The Boeing B-47 and its bigger brother, the B-52 Stratofortress, developed in the early years after World War II, represented the application of jet power to conventional bombing concepts of the day. Still traveling at su...
Rolls-Royce will offer its F130 propulsion system for the US Air Force's (USAF's) re-engining of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber. John Kusnierek, Rolls-Royce vice-president of military strategic systems, told Jane's on 25 February that the B-52's age of 66 years means re...