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96th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: LA, Red Tail Stripe) 5th Bomb Wing (AFGSC) – Minot AFB, North Dakota. 23rd Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: MT, Red Tail Stripe) 69th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: MT, Yellow Tail Stripe) 307th Bomb Wing (AFRC) – Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. 93rd Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: BD, Blue/Gold Chex Tail ...
1958 Tybee Island B-47 crash: 52-0008 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress: Balls 8: 52-10108 North American F-86L Sabre: 1958 Tybee Island B-47 crash: 53-0406 Boeing B-52C Stratofortress: 1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash: 53-3222 Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar: 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision: 53-7841 Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar: 1955 Altensteig ...
The B-24 wings adopted a method by which color and symbol placement would identify its groups: 47th Bomb Wing Diagonally divided tail fins and painted the lower half in yellow and/or black, with the 98th BG using horizontal stripes, the 376th BG in black-only, the 449th BG in half-yellow half-black, and the 450th BG in vertical stripes.
The two B-52 tail gunner kills were not confirmed by VPAF, and they admitted to the loss of only three MiGs, all by F-4s. [182] Vietnamese sources have attributed a third air-to-air victory to a B-52, a MiG-21 shot down on 16 April 1972. [183] These victories make the B-52 the largest aircraft credited with air-to-air kills.
The first B-45As began arriving in December 1948, with the wing accepting 96 aircraft by March 1950. Due to budget reductions in the B-45 program, the air force planned to inactivate the 47th Bomb Wing and transfer its B-45s and personnel to Yokota AB, Japan so Far East Air Forces could benefit from the know-how gained by the 47th at Barksdale ...
Minot AFB is one of two remaining bases with B-52s; the other is Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, Louisiana. The 5th Bomb Wing is composed of: 5th Operations Group, which provides the aircrews who fly the wing's B-52H aircraft. (Tail Code: "MT") 23rd Bomb Squadron (B-52H) "Barons" Red/yellow Tail Stripe
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An aircraft in the first 10 units purchased in the fiscal year is often referred to as "Balls-(number)" – for example, NASA's B-52B, the oldest B-52 in service until its retirement, was known as Balls 8. Aircraft that use the tactical style of marking (for example AF80 020 to the left and below the wing tail code) are also referred to as 'balls'.