|
Description
| Notes: Upgraded B-52D with AN/ASB-4 bombing navigational system | ||
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | B-52 | |
| Designation: | B-52 | |
| Version: | E | |
| Nickname: | Stratofortress | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| CJD WANTED / REWARD!, CA | Hi I worked on the B-52 great ol Buff,
I had a metal paperweight thing that was a example of the B-52 alloy, it said Sample of 2024-T351 Aluminum Alloy from the Wing Skin of the B-52, well about 6 mos ago I went to visit a friend at Hawthorne Northrop Grumman plant and left it for 2 mins and came back and someone had stole it! If you know anyone who might have one to buy, sell, trade please let me know! Thanks I collect these from other aircraft as well, and might be interested, WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights WANTED Lucite / Acrylic/ Perspex Paperweights mainly aviation related....many may say they have a “First Chip” in example “ First Chip from the milling process of the YF-23” or F-16 or something like that, many are from planes, missiles etc… Some examples. McDonnell Douglas C-17 Production Shaving Lucite Paperweight, First F-22 Production Chip Lucite in the shape of the state of Georgia, containing production chip / shaving any project! See link for photos Another type are made from metals, materials & alloys used in the aircraft's manufacture they have “this is a example of the aluminum alloy used in making the B-52, they are about the size of a pack of cigarettes, see link to photos REMEMBER-I pay a finders fee; please pass this around to anyone who may be able to help… Thanks from Charles! To see the photo examples: copy and paste the web address below into your browser's web address bar: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bacchusd@pacbell.net/album?dir=/cbed&.src=ph&.tok=phuE 01/24/2006 @ 01:29 [ref: 12269] |
| Alf Leiden, DE | Found on :
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b052i.html The next production version of the Stratofortress was the B-52E (Model 464-259). The B-52E was externally identical to the B-52D which preceded it. The differences were entirely internal, and most of them were related to the need to adapt the Stratofortress to the low-level bombing role. This type of mission required a more sophisticated suite of bombing and navigation avionics, and led to the development of the AN/ASQ-38 system which was fitted to the B-52E and to subsequent Stratofortress versions. In the B-52E, some internal equipment was relocated and a slight redesign of the navigator-bombardier station increased crew comfort. With the B-52E, the second-source production line at Wichita began to assume the leading role in Stratofortress manufacture, producing 58 aircraft, while the Seattle facility produced 42. The B-52E procurement was covered in four separate contracts, funded in fiscal years 1956 and 1957: AF33(600)-31155 signed on August 10, 1955, covered 14 Wichita-built B-52Es. Serials were 56-0699/0712. AF33(600)-31267 signed on October 26, 1955 was originally a B-52D contract, but 26 Seattle-built B-52Es were also included. These serials were 56-0631/0656. AF33(600)-32863 signed on July 2, 1956 covered 16 Seattle-built B-52Es. Serials were 57-0014/0029. The final contract which included B-52Es was AF33(600)-32864, signed on July 2, 1956. It included 44 Wichita-built B-52Es, serialed 57-0095/0138. The first B-52E (a Seattle-built machine) flew for the first time on October 3, 1957. Wichita's first B-52E took off on its maiden flight on October 17, 1957. 100 B-52Es were accepted by the USAF between October 1957 and June 1958. The first B-52Es entered service with SAC in December of 1957. 08/08/2001 @ 04:47 [ref: 2863] |
