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1、B-52Stratofortress OverviewFeaturesCurrentUpgradeActivitiesServiceLifeSpecificationsImageBankSourcesandResourcesIfyouareinterestedinaddingoreditingspecificpagesintheMilitaryAnalysisNetworkandhavespecificexperienceorfirst-handknowledgepleaseemailRichardAbot
2、t,StrategicSecurityResearchAssistant,atRabott@fas.orgTheB-52HBUFF[BigUglyFatFellow]istheprimarynuclearroledbomberintheUSAFinventory.ItprovidestheonlyAirLaunchCruiseMissilecarriageintheUSAF.TheB-52HalsoprovidestheaterCINCswithalongrangestrikecapability.Theb
3、omberiscapableofflyingathighsubsonicspeedsataltitudesupto50,000feet(15,166.6meters).Itcancarrynuclearorconventionalordnancewithworldwideprecisionnavigationcapability.Theaircraft'sflexibilitywasevidentduringtheVietnamWarand,again,inOperationDesertStorm.B-52
4、sstruckwide-areatroopconcentrations,fixedinstallationsandbunkers,anddecimatedthemoraleofIraq'sRepublicanGuard.TheGulfWarinvolvedthelongeststrikemissioninthehistoryofaerialwarfarewhenB-52stookofffromBarksdaleAirForceBase,La.,launchedconventionalairlaunchedc
5、ruisemissilesandreturnedtoBarksdale--a35-hour,non-stopcombatmission.Atotalof744B-52swerebuiltwiththelast,aB-52H,deliveredinOctober1962.OnlytheHmodelisstillintheAirForceinventoryandallareassignedtoAirCombatCommand.Thefirstof102B-52H'swasdeliveredtoStrategic
6、AirCommandinMay1961.TheHmodelcancarryupto20airlaunchedcruisemissiles.Inaddition,itcancarrytheconventionalcruisemissilewhichwaslaunchedfromB-52GmodelsduringDesertStorm.BarksdaleAFB,LAandMinotAFB,NDservesasB-52MainOperatingBases(MOB).Trainingmissionsareflown
7、frombothMOBs.BarksdaleAFBandMinotAFBnormallysupports57and36aircraftrespectivelyon-station.Features ReturntoTopInaconventionalconflict,theB-52Hcanperformairinterdiction,offensivecounter-airandmaritimeoperations.DuringDesertStorm,B-52sdelivered40percentofall
8、theweaponsdroppedbycoalitionforces.Itishighlyeffectivewhenusedforoceansurveillance,andcanassisttheU.S.Navyinanti-shipandmine-layingoperations.TwoB-52s,intwohours,canmonitor140,000squaremiles(364,000squarekilo
