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May 2007 photo of the Boeing RB-52B-5-BO Stratofortress 52–005 with tail colour for the Yellowtails Squadron – 330th BS/93rd BW. Initially retired to Davis-Monthan AFB in February 1966, was used as a maintenance trainer at Lowry Technical Training Center until April 1982.
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.
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'.
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 ...
Carrier Air Wing 15 tail code "NL" is prominently displayed on this A-7E Corsair II. Tail codes on the U.S. Navy aircraft are the markings that help to identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. These codes comprise one or two letters or digits painted on both sides of the vertical stabilizer, on the top right and on the bottom left ...
B-52B-5BO 52-005 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum NB-52A. 52-0003 - Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.It is a converted B-52A that was used by the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California as the X-15 Launch Aircraft; now on display and marked as 0003 The High and the Mighty One.