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Flying the B-52: Cold War Giant, Still on Duty
The B-52 Stratofortress isn’t just a bomber it’s a flying piece of history, still serving decades after its first flight in ...
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B-52 Stratofortress Was 'Built to Punch America's Enemies in the Face'
The B-52 Stratofortress was designed in 1948 ... It was an especially useful asset during the Vietnam War, when the United States dropped more bombs than it did in WWII. The B-52 delivered ...
For Scale
It was longer than any bombing campaign during World War II or any other war that came before; it remains the longest bombing ...
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Here's Why The U.S. Is Still Flying The B-52 Stratofortress
The United States continued working on its strategic bomber force, and by 1955, it introduced the iconic B-52 Stratofortress ... to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and it continues to ...
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Weapons of War
Designed in the late 1940s to carry nuclear bombs on long-range, high-altitude missions to targets in the Soviet Union, the B-52 Stratofortress ... in Vietnam had seen action in World War ...
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The B-52 Bomber’s Modernization Will Be Delayed to 2026
The enhanced B-52 platform is expected to play a critical role in the Air Force’s bomber strategy for years to come.