The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town

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One of the two MK 39 nuclear bombs involved in the 1961 Goldsboro crash after soft landing with parachute deployed. The weapon was recovered intact after three of the four stages of the arming sequence were completed. B-52s are periodically refurbished at USAF maintenance depots such as Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. [224] Even while the USAF works on the new Long Range Strike Bomber, it intends to keep the B-52H in service until 2050, which is 95 years after the B-52 first entered service, an unprecedented length of service for any aircraft, civilian or military. [3] [225] [226] [Note 7] The eight engines of the B-52 are paired in pods and suspended by four pylons beneath and forward of the wings' leading edge. The careful arrangement of the pylons also allowed them to work as wing fences and delay the onset of stall. The first two prototypes, XB-52 and YB-52, were both powered by experimental Pratt & Whitney YJ57-P-3 turbojet engines with 8,700 pounds-force (39kN) of static thrust each. [101] Unterberger, Richie (1999). Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 133–140. ISBN 1-85828-421-X.

Defense Science Board Task Force on B-52H Re-Engining" (PDF). Defense Science Board. June 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2017 . Retrieved 2 July 2017. Ray, Mike W. (8 January 2014). "B-52 upgrade to increase smart-weapons capacity". USAF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023.Duong Van Mai Elliott, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her novel recounting her family’s experience, “Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family,” said the Christmas bombings were her relatives’ most frightening experience of the whole war. DeMeglio, Mary J. "Run the Jewels and B-52s Will Make a Trip to 'Portlandia' Next Season". billboard . Retrieved February 16, 2017. Nixon had been reelected just over a month earlier on a promise to attain “peace with honor” in Vietnam – where the US had been fighting since 1965 – and was stung when talks with North Vietnam suddenly fell through. Metzger, Richard (February 23, 2012). "Art Against AIDS: The B-52s and Friends (1987)". Dangerous Minds . Retrieved April 2, 2012. Sexton, Mats (2002). The B-52's Universe: The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Party Band. Plan-B Books. p.232. ISBN 0-9652745-9-4

US aircrew said they looked like telephone poles with lights and would illuminate the entire night sky.

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My government is committed to transforming Australia into a renewable energy superpower and harnessing the critical minerals we have at home is crucial to achieving this,” the prime minister said after the inaugural meeting of the Australia-US taskforce on critical minerals. Sanders, Gordon F. "The Incredible 50-year-old Plane on the Front Lines of the North Korea Standoff". POLITICO Magazine. Raatz, Joseph (20 September 2013). "Upgrade gives B-52 more teeth". USAF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.

modified ex-USAF B-52H (61-25) Heavy Lift Launch Aircraft operated from 2001 to 2008. On 9 May 2008, that aircraft was flown for the last time to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, where it became a GB-52H maintenance trainer, never to fly again. [266]During the war, a total of 31 B-52s were lost, including ten shot down over North Vietnam. [176] Air-to-air combat [ edit ] Tail armament of a B-52D, the model used on both occasions a B-52 scored an aerial victory. In later models, the tail gunner was moved from the traditional position to the forward crew compartment before being removed altogether. They’re going to be so god damned surprised,” US President Richard Nixon replied to Kissinger on December 17, the eve of the mission. In November 1959, to improve the aircraft's combat capabilities in the changing strategic environment, SAC initiated the Big Four modification program (also known as Modification 1000) for all operational B-52s except early B models. [157] The program was completed by 1963. [158] The four modifications were the ability to launch AGM-28 Hound Dog standoff nuclear missiles and ADM-20 Quail decoys, an advanced electronic countermeasures (ECM) suite, and upgrades to perform the all-weather, low-altitude (below 500feet or 150m) interdiction mission in the face of advancing Soviet missile-based air defenses. [158]

Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5thed.). London: Omnibus Press. B-52's. ISBN 9780857125958. a b 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved 28 May 2023. The symphonic sequence of the baseball game seen through the lens of Whitman … Photograph: Tony Tomsic/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesMartini, Della (1990). The B-52's. New York City, New York: Wise Publications. p.32. ISBN 0-7119-2376-0. But by night three, the North Vietnamese gunners had seen the US playbook and knew it as well as their US opponents. On 19 January 1961, B-52B (53‑0390), call sign "Felon 22", from the 95th Bombardment Wing out of Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas crashed just north of Monticello, Utah after a turbulence-induced structural failure, the tail snapped off, at altitude. Only the copilot survived after ejecting. The other seven crewmen died. [274] [275]