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The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been operational with the United States Air Force since 5 June 1955. This list is of accidents and incidents involving the B-52 resulting in loss of life, severe injuries, or a loss of an aircraft (damaged beyond repair). Incidents in which the aircraft was damaged but repaired are not included.
Another 212 B-52 missions were flown within South Vietnam in support of ground operations during the campaign. [97] Ten B-52s were shot down over the North and five others were damaged and crashed in Laos or Thailand. Thirty-three B-52 crew members were killed or missing in action, another 33 became prisoners of war, and 26 more were rescued. [98]
Four days before the accident, on 20 June, Dean Mellberg, an emotionally disturbed ex-USAF serviceman, entered Fairchild's hospital and shot and killed five people and wounded many more before being killed by a security policeman. [23] The crime was a major distraction for personnel stationed at Fairchild for some time afterwards. [8]
The only active operational model of the B-52 is the B-52H. It is currently stationed at three USAF bases, flown by four wings: [1] 2nd Bomb Wing (AFGSC) – Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. 11th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: LA, Gold Tail Stripe) 20th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: LA, Blue Tail Stripe)
Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, killed a cop and injured five others when he stormed the UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Penn. on Saturday morning -- armed with a pistol and zipties -- in what ...
Boom operator's view of a B-52 from a KC-135 tanker The planes collided, with the nozzle of the refueling boom striking the top of the B-52 fuselage, breaking a longeron and snapping off the left wing, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which resulted in an explosion that was witnessed by a second B-52 about a mile (1.6 km) away. [ 9 ]
He then went to the ICU and took several hospital staff hostage, officials said at a press conference Saturday afternoon. Motive revealed in Pennsylvania hospital shooting that left 1 officer dead ...
Two B-52G bombers were readied to strike the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons if necessary—for which the wing received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its performance during the crisis. And third, the base was taken to DEFCON 3 in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War. [1] [12] Hangar 207 was constructed in 1954 for B-57 maintenance.