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B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line 
B-52G Stratofortress on Tarmac
B-52G Stratofortress on Tarmac 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line 
B-52 Stratofortress on Wet Tarmac
B-52 Stratofortress on Wet Tarmac 
XB-52 Stratofortress on Tarmac
XB-52 Stratofortress on Tarmac 
B-52G Stratofortress on Tarmac
B-52G Stratofortress on Tarmac 
B-52 Stratofortress on Wet Tarmac
B-52 Stratofortress on Wet Tarmac 
B-52 Stratofortress In Flight
B-52 Stratofortress In Flight 
B-52G Stratofortress on Tarmac
B-52G Stratofortress on Tarmac 
B-52G Stratofortress with GAM 77
B-52G Stratofortress with GAM 77 
B-52 Stratofortress on Apron
B-52 Stratofortress on Apron 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line 
B-52 Stratofortress Manufactruring
B-52 Stratofortress Manufactruring 
B-52 Stratofortress in Final Assembly
B-52 Stratofortress in Final Assembly 
B-52 Stratofortress on Taxiway
B-52 Stratofortress on Taxiway 
Test Schedule for B-52 Stratofortress
Test Schedule for B-52 Stratofortress 
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F-86 Sabre Jet and B-52 Stratofortress on Tarmac 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line Servicing
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line Servicing 
B-52A Stratofortress in Flight
B-52A Stratofortress in Flight 
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B-52 Stratofortress on Tarmac

By the 21st century, the B-52 was in its fifth decade of operational service. The eight-engine, 390,000-pound jet was the country's first long-range, swept-wing heavy bomber. It began as an intercontinental, high-altitude nuclear bomber, and its operational capabilities were adapted to meet changing defense needs. B-52s have been modified for low-level flight, conventional bombing, extended-range flights and transport of improved defensive and offensive equipment -- including ballistic missiles that can be launched hundreds of miles from their targets. The original XB-52 design, selected by the Army Air Force in 1946, was for a straight-wing, six-engine, propeller-powered heavy bomber. However, the Air force approved the company's request to develop an entirely new jet bomber under the same designation. Throughout the 1950s, the B-52 chalked up numerous distance and speed records. It cut the round-the-world speed record in half, and in January 1962, it flew 12,500 miles nonstop from Japan to Spain without refueling. This flight alone broke 11 distance and speed records. B-52s saw active duty in the Vietnam War, were used in the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and over Afghanistan in 2001. 
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Unique identifier BI22124 
Boeing ID bw117504 
Type Image 
Size 5998px × 4798px   27MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1950s
airplanes
beauty
bombers
clouds
day
exteriors
ground shots
head on views
jets
military
military livery
monoplanes
nobody
out of production
perspective lines
photos
scanned from film negative
sunshine
symmetry
tarmac
three-quarter length views
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