Boeing was finally able to refine the B-52 in 1955 to the plane we see today, an angled-winged, eight turbojet engine powered bomber with the ability to carry 60,000 pounds of various payloads. Between 1952 and 1962 there were 744 B-52’s built at the cost of $14.43 million per plane. This would be around $53.4 million per plane in today’s
The current B-52, B-1, B-2 bomber trio has served is getting the chance to build a B-2 "2.0" of sorts, with all that they have learned from building and supporting the B-2 since its first
The sun rises behind a B-52H Stratofortress on the flight line of Barksdale Air Force Base, La., July 27. The B-52 is capable of flying 7,652 nautical miles or 8,800 miles without being refueled by another aircraft. The BUFF is classified as a long-range, heavy bomber and is capable of carrying 70,000 pounds of mixed ordnance.
As to what the potential flyaway cost of this new bomber will be, well unlike the C-130J which could be built from existing production lines of the C-130 which cut significant amount of costs, this new build B-52 is gonna require a whole new manufacturing facility as well as new supply chains. Which will drive up the costs.
Now just imagine 60 B-52 bombers shot down in one day. Or even 16 aircraft, which would be 28 percent of the Air Force’s current fleet of 58 B-52Hs. The U.S. produced an amazing 276,000 aircraft
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, strategic bomber that has been used by the United States Air Force since 1955. The B-52 was designed to carry nuclear weapons during the Cold War and to replace the Convair B-36. It is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds of weapons, though they have never dropped nuclear weapons in combat. When it entered service the B-52 was
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