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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.
The YB-52, the second XB-52 modified with more operational equipment, first flew on 15 April 1952 with "Tex" Johnston as the pilot. [51] [52] A 2-hour, 21-minute proving flight from Boeing Field, near Seattle, Washington, to Larson Air Force Base was undertaken with Boeing test pilot Johnston and USAF Lieutenant Colonel Guy M. Townsend. [53]
RB-52B. 52-0013 – Heritage Park at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History adjacent to Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the few B-52s to have actually dropped a nuclear weapon when it took part in Operation Dominic in 1962. [9] 52-8711 – Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.
The RB-57F was the result of an early-1960s program to produce a virtually new high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft out of the B-57. 21 produced. Developed from some RB-57As, RB-57Bs, and RB-57Ds in 1963 with newer engines and wider wings. Used for strategic reconnaissance. Transferred to Air Weather Service as WB-57Fs, 1968
B-52 operations at Barksdale can be traced to 1 March 1958 when SAC established the 4238th SW. [ 4 ] and assigned it to the 4th Air Division [ 5 ] as part of SAC's plan to disperse its Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out the entire fleet with a ...
The squadron is equipped with the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, and is the Air Force's B-52 Formal Training Unit (F.T.U.). [4] It is one of two reserve bomber squadrons in the United States Air Force. [1] The 93rd is one of the oldest and most decorated units in the United States Air Force.
The squadron received second-line RB-29 Superfortresses in May 1952, remaining in a second-line status with this equipment until 1953 when the squadron was brought up to full personnel strength and received new B-47 Stratojet bombers. Becoming operationally ready with the B-47 in May 1954, the 51 Bombardment squadron conducted strategic ...
In July 1960, the Hound Dog reached initial operational capability with the 301st BS being first B-52 unit. In 1960, SAC developed procedures so that the B-52 could utilize the Hound Dog's J52 engine for additional thrust while the missile was located on the bomber's pylon. This helped heavily laden B-52s into the air.