The B-52 was designed in 1947 as a vehicle for nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and it is still in service today, 50 years after its invention. No type of airplane has been in service for so long, and there are plans to convert it in such a way that it can be used for ...
Structural fatigue was accelerated by at least a factor of eight in a low-altitude flight profile over that of high-altitude flying, requiring costly repairs to extend service life. In the early 1960s, the three-phase High Stress program was launched to counter structural fatigue, enrolling airc...
While jet engines had already existed for over a decade when Boeing made their first pitch in 1948, they were still seen as too fuel-hungry to be feasible for a long-range, high-altitude bomber. Interim Archives The Tupolev Tu-95 in 1983....
I looked at the display and saw the tree line at the end of the runway still in view where normally we would have lifted off and couldn't see the trees. By now my pucker factor is off the charts, but the plane seemed under control and the pilot had not indicated there...
Still in front line service as a major component of our strategic bomber forces, the Boeing B-52 was built before most of its crew members were born. The first flight of the YB-52 prototype was April 15, 1952 and the production that followed reflected a continued development of the massive...
4、nd retur ned to Barksdale - a 35-hour, non-stop combat missio n.A total of 744 B-52s were built with the last, a B-52H, delivered in October 1962. Only the H model is still in the Air Force in ve ntory and all are assig ned to Air Combat Comma nd. The first of 102 ...
When General Nathan Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. 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 oper...
Only the H model is still in the Air Force inventory and all are assigned to Air Combat Command. The first of 102 B-52H's was delivered to Strategic Air Command in May 1961. The H model can carry up to 20 air launched cruise missiles. In addition, it can carry the conventional...
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....
Only the H model is still in the Air Force inventory and all are assigned to Air Combat Command. The first of 102 B-52H's was delivered to Strategic Air Command in May 1961. The H model can carry up to 20 air launched cruise missiles. In addition, it can carry the conventional ...