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The B-52G made its first flight on 31 August 1958
A total of 193 were built, the largest number of any model of the B-52. G MODEL MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS INCORPORATED the “wet wing,” eliminating fuel bladders in favor of a sealed wing structure and adding more than 10,000 gallons of internal fuel an eight-foot shorter vertical tail, and moving the gunner from his separate pressurized […]
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Patriot Day
Remember those who were injured or died during the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.
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Last KC-135A Departs WAFB
On this date in 1992, “Freedoms Best", was the last Tanker to depart Wurtsmith. Click to read the article
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On this date in 1965 …
On 29 September 1965, ten years after it entered service, the first operational Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, RB-52B-15-BO 52-8711, was retired to the Strategic Aerospace Museum, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. 52-8711, had arrived at Castle Air Force Base, California on 29 June 1955, and was assigned to the 93rd Bombardment Wing (Heavy). It later served […]