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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | B-52 | |
| Designation: | RB-52 | |
| Version: | B | |
| Nickname: | Stratofortress | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
| Modified Mission: | Reconnaissance | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Strategic Air Command Museum | Ashland | Nebraska |
| Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum | Denver | Colorado |
RB-52B on display
Strategic Air Command Museum | Wings Over The Rockies Aviation & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Clifton Whitehurst Fort Worth, TX | I beleive this is one of the old b52`s I found and explored when I was TDY to Edwards AFB in the 80`s. An owl had a nest in it and scared the S..t out of me when I first went in. 04/25/2011 @ 10:05 [ref: 37560] |
| Leo Balsor Douglasville, GA | The B52 is a great plane, but I'm wondering if Brian Peterson has the nerve to contact me to discuss this. 09/16/2010 @ 18:28 [ref: 30146] |
| Doug Allen Yucaipa, CA | A recent (1/15/2010) trip to Edwards AFB, CA netted these photos of RB-52B 53-0379. It is sitting abandoned on the southwest edge of Rogers dry lake. 01/19/2010 @ 15:25 [ref: 25598] |
| Topgun10 mineola, TX | I love the B-52 stratofortress! One of the best SAC bombers of all time,but I thought that they removed the tail turret off the B-52? 01/29/2008 @ 16:50 [ref: 19463] |
| Ronald Jeter Lone Oak, TX | I worked B52s at Kirtland AFB 1960-1964 I think that RB52-0013 is on display at Sandia Corp formerly Sandia Army base in Albuquerque New Mexico Does anyone know what happened to 52-620 10/31/2005 @ 00:31 [ref: 11617] |
| Gary Giesecke Bellingham, WA | Regarding tail armament of B-52, the most detailed information I could find shows:
Early RB-52B (52-004 to 008) were delivered with quad .50 cal guns with the A3A control systems. Problems with the A3A prompted a trial of the twin 20mm with the md-5 fire control delivered in 52-009. The next 4 (52-010 to 013) were delivered with the original .50 cal / A3A combination. The twin 20mm / MD-5 combination was adopted as "standard" and delivered with 52-8710 to 8716 and 53-0366 to 0384. The 20mm combination was found to be no better than the quad .50 mount, and hopes for an "improved A3A" led to a reversion to the quad .50 guns in 53-0385 to 53-0391. In other words, the "B" aircraft came in a variety of tail mounts, with both quad .50 and twin 20mm well represented. sincerely, Gary Giesecke 06/04/2005 @ 17:05 [ref: 10392] |
| Brian Peterson , PA | All models prior to the B-52C had twin 20mm guns. The B-52C had the first turret with 4 .50 caliber machine guns. It was the A-3A Fire Control System. Replaced with the MD-9 in the D's, E's and F's. The G's had AN/ASG-15 improved FCS and the H's had the new and improved AN/ASG-21 with a 6 barrel 20mm cannon. 07/16/2003 @ 21:01 [ref: 6582] |
| Bill Blackburn , CA | Apparently the RB-52B had a B-47 type tail turret with two 20mm cannon. Does anyone know why? 10/28/2002 @ 00:10 [ref: 5973] |
| Michael Kane auburn, AL | hello,
I'm a student working on a history database of all B-52s. anyone with any info that could help, please contact me. thanks 11/30/2000 @ 01:57 [ref: 1115] |
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