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B-52 Stratofortress on the Tarmac at Night
B-52 Stratofortress Wingtip Fuel Tank
B-52C Stratofortress in Flight
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line at Castle AFB
Loading Capsule in B-52 Stratofortress Belly
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52C Stratofortress Tails on the Flight Line
B-52B Stratofortress in Flight
B-52G Stratofortress Rollout
B-52H Stratofortress Flight Line
Silhouetted Figures by B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress in Flight with a B-17 Flying Fortress
B-52 Stratofortress Outside Hangar
First Ford Engine Equipped B-52 Stratofortress Crossing Street
B-52A Stratofortress Nose
B-52 Stratofortress with Horse and Wagon
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line Under Clouds
RB-52 Stratofortress on Boeing Flight Line
B-52C Stratofortress Jet Bomber Above Clouds
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The B-52 had a rocky beginning. The original XB-52 design in 1946, was for a straight-wing, six-engine, propeller-powered heavy bomber. On Oct. 21, 1948 the Air Force's chief of bomber development told Boeing to scrap the propellers and come up with an all-jet bomber. The next weekend, in a Dayton hotel room, the Boeing team designed a new eight-engine jet bomber, still called the B-52, made a scale model out of balsa wood and prepared a 33-page report. This effort impressed the Air Force's Air Material Command, and the design was approved. As the war worsened in Korea, the Air Force, in 1951, designated the B-52 the country's next intercontinental bomber and approved an initial production order for 13 B-52s. The first B-52A flew Aug. 5, 1954.
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Unique identifier
BI221897
Boeing ID
k2915
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5100px × 4050px 59MB
License type
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Keywords
1950s
adults
airplanes
B-52 Stratofortress (Model 464)
blue skies
bombers
clear skies
day
exteriors
full body views
fuselages
ground crews
ground shots
half-length views
jets
left side views
maintenance
male
military
military livery
monoplanes
nose sections
occupations and work
one person
out of production
photos
red
silver color
structural systems
sunshine
tarmac
text
trucks
unpainted
vintage / retro
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