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Dryden NB-52B launch aircraft Boeing NB-52B "Balls 8" at Dryden Flight Research Center United States. United States Air Force operates 72 aircraft of the original 744 B-52 aircraft as of 2022. [263] Air Combat Command. 53rd Wing – Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron (Barksdale) [264] 57th Wing – Nellis Air Force ...
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955. The B-52A first flew in 1954, and the B model entered service in 1955. A total of 744 B-52s were built with the last, a B-52H, delivered in October 1962.
Composed of B-52G aircraft and personnel from the 69th and 524th Bombardment Squadrons (August 1990 – March 1991) Additional B-52G aircraft and personnel from the 69th, 524th, 596th, 328th and 668th Bombardment Squadrons (December 1990 – March 1991) 4300th Provisional Bombardment Wing, Diego Garcia AB, British Indian Ocean Territories
Boeing 737: United States 2 1967 1968 11,513 (July 2023) [3] 8,024 (December 2024) Boeing 767: United States 2 1981 1982 1,283 (July 2023) [3] 849 (December 2024) Boeing 777: United States 2 1994 1995 1,765 (December 2024) 1,416 Boeing 787 Dreamliner: United States 2 2009 2011 1,191 (December 2024) 1,173 (December 2024) Comac C909: China 2 2008 ...
This is a list of aircraft by date and usage.The date shown is the introduction of the first model of a line but not the current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed in the 21st century.
As of February 2025, there were 426 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 150 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
Built at Boeing Seattle as XB-47. The second XB-47 built, after 46-65. First flight 21 July 1948. Test flown at Edwards AFB. In 1954 46-65 was scrapped, making 46-66 the oldest B-47 in existence, and the only surviving XB-47. Previously displayed at the since-closed Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum at the former Chanute AFB, Illinois. Returned ...
American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s until July 20, 2011, when American announced the largest combined aircraft order in history for 260 Airbus A320 family jets and 200 Boeing 737s. [4] [5] [6] As of March 2024, American has 338 Airbus and Boeing aircraft on order along with 20 orders and 40 options for Boom ...