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B-52 Stratofortresses at Plant II
B-52 Stratofortresses at Plant II 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line 
B-52 Stratofortresss on Boeing Field at Night
B-52 Stratofortresss on Boeing Field at Night 
B-52 Stratofortresses on Flight Apron
B-52 Stratofortresses on Flight Apron 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line 
B-52A Stratofortress Bomber Rollout
B-52A Stratofortress Bomber Rollout 
Plant II Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Factory, 1955
Plant II Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Factory, 1955 
YB-52 Stratofortress Prototype Landing
YB-52 Stratofortress Prototype Landing 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line at Night
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line at Night 
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line and Hangar
B-52 Stratofortress Flight Line and Hangar 
XB-52 Stratofortress at the Boeing Flight Test Hangar
XB-52 Stratofortress at the Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
B-52 Stratofortress in Front of Flight Test Hangar
B-52 Stratofortress in Front of Flight Test Hangar 
YB-52 Stratofortress Prototype on Runway
YB-52 Stratofortress Prototype on Runway 
XB-52 Stratofortress at the Boeing Flight Test Hangar
XB-52 Stratofortress at the Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
B-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar
B-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
B-52A Stratofortress at Boeing Flight Center
B-52A Stratofortress at Boeing Flight Center 
RB-52B Stratofortress Takeoff
RB-52B Stratofortress Takeoff 
B-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar
B-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
YB-52 Stratofortress with B-47 Stratojet at Boeing Field
YB-52 Stratofortress with B-47 Stratojet at Boeing Field 
KC-97 and XB-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar
KC-97 and XB-52 Stratofortress in Boeing Flight Test Hangar 
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B-52 Stratofortresses at Plant II

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 BI221907 
Boeing ID k3373 
Type Image 
Size 4050px × 5100px   59MB 
License type RM 
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