
The B-52G made its first flight on 31 August 1958
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A total of 193 were built, the largest number of any model of the B-52.
G MODEL MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS INCORPORATED
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the “wet wing,” eliminating fuel bladders in favor of a sealed wing structure and adding more than 10,000 gallons of internal fuel
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an eight-foot shorter vertical tail, and
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moving the gunner from his separate pressurized tail compartment to the forward crew area, with radar and closed circuit TV operation of his guns.
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Ailerons were eliminated and lateral control provided by wing spoilers
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The large external wing tanks of earlier models were replaced by smaller, 700 gallon versions
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A wide variety of internal changes were also made from new hydraulic and fuel management controls to enhanced crew comfort for long flights
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The G-model was designed to be a missile platform as well as a gravity bomb carrier with the new GAM-77 (later AGM-28) Hound Dog as its intended standoff weapon and the GAM- 72 (ADM-20) Quail decoy missile to improve its defense penetration capability.