Key Points and Summary - The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, nicknamed the "BUFF," is an aviation marvel, still serving after more than 70 years. -It is America's most battle-proven bomber, famed for its ...

A B-52D Stratofortress (Air Force Serial Number 56-0687), is the centerpiece of the B-52 Memorial Park, on on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The long-range bomber once part of the 306th Bomb Wing based in ...

A Military Minute in History is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung ...

The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries. “The first shootdown came on Dec. 18, 1972, after Turner’s B-52D took off from ...

The United States Air Force has 85 active Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses still in the inventory of the 744 that were built. Of those 85 gigantic jet bombers, 58 are considered operational, while around ...

(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — A B-52 tail gunner from the Vietnam War will be honored on Friday, Oct. 11 at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), where the very plane he achieved the last confirmed ...

ANSBACH, Germany - The 52D Air Defense Artillery Brigade assumed responsibility of 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Maneuver Short Range Air Defense from the 174th Air Defense ...

Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war. America’s war in Vietnam was a strategic failure. None of its main objectives ...

Poznan, POLAND — Planners and staff officers from the 52d Air Defense Artillery Brigade (52d ADA BDE) held the inaugural Operation Corps Fusion planning conference at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland ...

"T.O. 1B-52-8." Published under the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force. Description based on : Change 52 (15, June 1974). https://siris-libraries.si.edu ...