• Aircraft:

  Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

• Reg: 55-0067 photos
• Serial #:

  464019

• Airline: United States - US Air Force (USAF)
• Photo Date: Jan 18, 2006
• Uploaded: Mar 04, 2006
• Other Location - Tucson Pima Air and Space Museum, USA - Arizona

"USA Southwest 2006" ***Current Markings:7th Bombardment Wing, Carswell AFB, California*** As the fourth model of the B-52 built the B-52D was the second most produced version of the Stratofortress. As they were first built the "D" model was virtually identical to earlier models of the aircraft except that it lacked the reconnaissance ability of earlier B-52s and was intended purely as a bomber. In 1965, modification of B-52D aircraft began to increase their conventional bomb load. The "Big Belly" modifications resulted in the ability to carry 108 conventional bombs both internally and externally. This means that one aircraft could carry 54,000 pounds of bombs, roughly the equivalent of three World War Two B-17s. B-52s dropped thousands of tons of bombs on targets in Vietnam becoming the symbol of American air power during that war.

Photographer

Aircraft

Javier Rodriguez 55-0067

583 0 0 Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

This aircraft could carry 54,000 pounds of bombs, roughly the equivalent of nine World War Two B-17s

Nicolás Quintero Duque 55-0067

1,017 2 0 Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

The imposing tall tail of the Pima Air & Space Museum's B-52D Stratofortress towers against the 3 AM night sky

Dylan Phelps 55-0067

7,326 40 2 Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

Photo location

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Photographer

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