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| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Gallery - Photographs |
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| OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Staff
Sgt. Bob Spychalski, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, 28th
Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, prepares to refuel a B-52
Stratofortress on its way to Afghanistan, May 7, 2003. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Richard Freeland). Note the American
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August 1,
1994. 0700 hrs. Barksdale AFB, La. B-52H-160-BW 60-0059 of the
96th Bomb Squadron,
2nd Bomb Wing taxies out of her parking spot for a non-stop
22,000 mile "Around the World" trip. Accompanied by her sister
ship, 60-0008 (which departed Barksdale 2 minutes after 0059), the
two bombers returned to Barksdale just as dawn broke on August 3rd.
The BUFF did it . . . again |
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A B-52H, from the 2nd Bomb Wing,
Barksdale Air Force Base, La., lifts off at Royal Air Force Fairford,
England. The 2nd is deployed to England in support of the 2nd Air
Expeditionary Group, for Operation Allied Force. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Senior Airman Jeff Fitch)
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B-52G, 59-2565 of the 93rd Bomb Wing takes a wave-off over Castle
AFB on September 17, 1992 |
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NASA's NB-52B, 52-0008 takes off with X-38 Space Station Crew Return
Vehicle, V-131R at Edwards AFB on November 2, 2000 |
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| B-52H-135-BW
60-0001 Memphis Belle IV. This Belle was the
first H-model BUFF built |
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B-52, 93rd BS. Air Tattoo
1998, RAF Fairford, Gloster |
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B-52B 53-380 ("Ciudad Juarez")
of the 95th BW. This aircraft was accidentally shot down by a 188th
TFS (New Mexico Air National Guard) F-100A on April 7, 1961, with
the loss of three lives. Hard to believe, but an AIM-9 Sidewinder
is capable of downing even such a large aircraft. |
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B-52H 60-0010/LA,
assigned to the 96th BS, 2nd BW. Aircraft launching with live
weapons launch in this direction to avoid the risks associated with
over flying the Vegas suburbs to the south. This aircraft is a
veteran of Operation Allied Force and flew numerous missions from
RAF Fairford against targets in Serbia and Kosovo in the spring of
1999.
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