List of displayed Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses

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. It served in the Strategic Air Command, the Air Combat Command, and the B-52H continues to serve in the Air Force Global Strike Command and the Air Force Reserve Command.

B-52G-130BW 59-2601, at Langley AFB, Hampton, Virginia, USA

The B-52D models have the distinction of being the last bombers in aviation history to have shot down enemy aircraft during wartime with machine guns (tail gunners);[1] two Vietnam War “MiG killer” bombers are currently preserved and on display at Fairchild AFB and the United States Air Force Academy.[2] ([3])

Only the B-52H model is still active in the Air Force inventory. It is primarily assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command and the Air Force Reserve Command, with one additional example in the Air Force Materiel Command supporting flight research operations with NASA.[4]

Australia

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Boeing B-52G bomber on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum
B-52G

South Korea

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55-0105 at the War Memorial of Korea
B-52D


United Kingdom

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B-52D

United States

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B-52B-5BO 52-005 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum
NB-52A
B-52B
NB-52B
  • 52-0008 - Edwards AFB Museum, California. It is marked as "0008", originally a B-52B then modified as a RB-52B then NB-52B. Assigned to NASA as Balls 8 for use as a mothership for the X-15, X-38, and X-43A, withdrawn from service on 17 December 2004.[citation needed]


RB-52B


 
B-52B-10BO 52-008 at Edwards Air Force Base Museum, Edwards AFB, California
 
55-0068 at the USAF History & Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas
 
55-0083 at the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado
 
56-612 at the former Castle AFB, California
B-52D
 
B-52D s/n 56-0657 Ellsworth AFB
 
55-0085 at the Museum of Aviation
 
B-52D-40BW 56-0687 at Orlando International Airport / formerly McCoy AFB
B-52E
B-52F
B-52G
 
B-52G at the Barksdale Global Power Museum

Vietnam

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The wreckage of a B-52 D or G shot down during Operation Linebacker II is on display at the B-52 Victory Museum, Hanoi.[citation needed]

Notes

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  1. ^ McCarthy, M3 quad .50 caliber machine guns, p. 19
  2. ^ McCarthy, p. 139, 141
  3. ^ B-52D at AFA
  4. ^ USAF Fact Sheet
  5. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/59-2596." Archived 2015-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Australian Aviation Aviation Heritage Centre. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  6. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0689." Imperial War Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  7. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/52-0003." Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  8. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/52-0005."[permanent dead link] Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  9. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/52-0013." National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  10. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/52-8711." Archived 2015-06-05 at the Wayback Machine Strategic Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  11. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/55-0062." K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  12. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/55-0067." Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  13. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/55-0071." Archived 2015-12-18 at the Wayback Machine USS Alabama Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  14. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/55-0085." Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Aviation. Retrieved: 10 December 2012.
  15. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/55-0094." Kansas Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  16. ^ "USAF Serial Number Search (55-095)". Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  17. ^ "Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum B-52 Restoration". Archived from the original on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  18. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/55-0679." Archived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine March Field Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  19. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0586." stratoforress.org Retrieved: 3 June 2015.
  20. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0612." Archived 2015-04-23 at the Wayback Machine Castle Air Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  21. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0629." Barksdale Global Power Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  22. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0657." South Dakota Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  23. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0665." National Museum of the USAF. Retrieved: 22 August 2015.
  24. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/56-0696." Archived 2015-06-05 at the Wayback Machine Travis Heritage Center. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  25. ^ "Boeing B-52E Stratofortress (Cockpit)".
  26. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/57-0038." Archived 2015-10-29 at Archive-It City of Paldale Airpark. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  27. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/57-0038." Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine Tinker Airforce Base. Retrieved: 13 February 2013
  28. ^ [1] Archived 2021-12-19 at the Wayback Machine B-52F 57-0042. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  29. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/57-6509." Barksdale Global Power Museum. Retrieved: 10 December 2012.
  30. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/58-0183." Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Pima Air & Space Museum. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.
  31. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/58-0185." Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Air Force Armament Museum. Retrieved: 10 December 2012.
  32. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/59-0191." Hill Aerospace Museum. Retrieved: 10 December 2012.
  33. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/58-0225." Archived 2015-04-06 at the Wayback Machine Henry P. Smith Post 24. Retrieved: 3 June 2015.
  34. ^ "Legion raising money to lift Rome's B-52 bomber back on its pedestal"Archived 2024-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Legion raising money to lift Rome's B-52 bomber back on its pedestal Retrieved: 16 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Boeing B-52G Stratofortress (Cockpit)". Archived from the original on 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  36. ^ "B-52 Stratofortress/59-2584." Museum of Flight. Retrieved: 5 June 2015.

References

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  • Willis, David. "Boeing's Timeless Deterrent, Part 1: B-52 Stratfortress - From Conception to Hanoi". Air Enthusiast, No. 119, September/October 2005.Stamford, Lincs, UK:Key Publishing. ISSN 0143-5450. pp. 50–73.
  • McCarthy, Donald J. Jr. MiG Killers, A Chronology of US Air Victories in Vietnam 1965-1973. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58007-136-9.
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