Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress
B-52同溫層堡壘戰略轟炸機
보잉 B-52 스트래토포트리스
بي-52 ستراتوفورتريس
B-52 (航空機)
Boeing B-52
Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3/103
* Electro-optical viewing system that uses platinum silicide forward looking infrared and high resolution low-light-level television sensors * ADR-8 chaff rocket * LITENING Advanced Targeting System * Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod * IBM AP-101 computer * AN/ALE-20 – Infrared flare dispenser * AN/ALE-24 – chaff dispenser * AN/ALQ-122 – Motorola multiple false target generator * AN/ALQ-153 – Northrop Grumman tail missile approach warning system * AN/ALQ-155 – Northrop Grumman jammer power management system * AN/ALQ-172 – ITT Inc. electronic countermeasures system * AN/ALR-20A – Radar warning system * AN/ALR-46 – Northrop Grumman digital radar warning receiver * AN/ALT-32 – Noise jammer
*V Force bombers: **Avro Vulcan **Handley Page Victor **Vickers Valiant *Convair YB-60 *Myasishchev M-4 *Tupolev Tu-95
Approximately mixed ordnance; bombs, mines, missiles, in various configurations.
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Aerial top/side view of gray B-52H flying over Texas
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February 1955
NACA 63A219.3 mod root, NACA 65A209.5 tip
*Aspect ratio: 8.56
*Fuel capacity: , *Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0119 *Drag area: 47.60
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* Lift-to-drag ratio: 21.5
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Neil Sheehan, war correspondent, writing before the mass attacks on heavily populated cities including North Vietnam's capital.
One XB-52 modified with some operational equipment and re-designated.
Only three of the first production version, the B-52A, were built, all loaned to Boeing for flight testing. The first production B-52A differed from prototypes in having a redesigned forward fuselage. The bubble canopy and tandem seating was replaced by a side-by-side arrangement and a nose extension accommodated more avionics and a new sixth crew member. In the rear fuselage, a tail turret with four machine guns with a fire-control system, and a water injection system to augment engine power with a water tank were added. The aircraft also carried a external fuel tank under each wing. The tanks damped wing flutter and kept wingtips close to the ground for ease of maintenance.
The B-52E received updated avionics and bombing navigational system, which was eventually debugged and included in the following models.
The B-52C's fuel capacity was increased to by adding larger underwing fuel tanks. The gross weight was increased by to . A new fire control system, the MD-9, was introduced on this model. The belly of the aircraft was painted with anti-flash white paint, which was intended to reflect the thermal radiation of a nuclear detonation.
The B-52D was a dedicated long-range bomber without a reconnaissance option. The Big Belly modifications allowed the B-52D to carry heavy loads of conventional bombs for carpet bombing over Vietnam, while the Rivet Rambler modification added the Phase V ECM systems, which was better than the systems used on most later B-52s. Because of these upgrades and its long range capabilities, the D model was used more extensively in Vietnam than any other model. Aircraft assigned to Vietnam were painted in a camouflage color scheme with black bellies to defeat searchlights.
One -E aircraft was modified as a testbed for various B-52 systems. Redesignated NB-52E, the aircraft was fitted with canards and a Load Alleviation and Mode Stabilization system which reduced airframe fatigue from wind gusts during low-level flight. In one test, the aircraft flew faster than the never exceed speed without damage because the canards eliminated 30% of vertical and 50% of horizontal vibrations caused by wind gusts.
This aircraft was given J57-P-43W engines with a larger capacity water injection system to provide greater thrust than previous models. This model had problems with fuel leaks which were eventually solved by several service modifications: Blue Band, Hard Shell, and QuickClip.
Upgrade of B-52H with Rolls-Royce F130 engines, a variant of the AN/APG-82 radar, and new communications and navigation equipment. To be operational before the end of the 2020s.
Two prototype aircraft with limited operational equipment, used for aerodynamic and handling tests.
Allocated to the reconnaissance variant of the B-52B, but not used. The aircraft were designated RB-52Bs instead.
One aircraft leased by General Electric to test TF39 and CF6 engines.
The RB-52C was the designation initially given to B-52Cs fitted for reconnaissance duties in a similar manner to RB-52Bs. As all 35 B-52Cs could be fitted with the reconnaissance pod, the RB-52C designation was little used and was quickly abandoned.
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress Cutaway
Amerikaanse straalaangedrewe bomwerper
bomber aircraft family by Boeing
Amerikaanse strategische bommenwerper
US-amerikanischer Langstreckenbomber (1952)
بمب‌افکن آمریکایی
yhdysvaltalainen pommikone
máy bay ném bom chiến lược phản lực Hoa Kỳ
מפציץ אמריקאי
družina bombnikov družbe Boeing (1952)
bombardier américain des années 1950
Pengebom strategis buatan Boeing
Amerykański bombowiec strategiczny, zdolny przenosić broń atomową
アメリカ空軍の戦略爆撃機
amerikai stratégiai nehézbombázó repülőgép
bombardiere strategico Boeing
americký strategický bombardér dlhého doletu
Американский тяжелый бомбардировщик
amerikanskt bombflygplan
قاذفة قنابل استراتيجية بعيدة المدى ذات ثماني محركات
bombardero estratégico fabricado por Boeing
Boeing
americký bombardovací letoun
bombardeiro estratégico sub-sónico de longo raio de ação dos Estados Unidos
Models 462 to 464-35
Models 464-49 to B-52A
October 2023
A B-52H from Barksdale AFB flying over Texas
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