But if the fog of war made it hard to judge those claims, half a century on it has done little to dim the memories of the the US airmen who can still recall flying through the North Vietnamese air defenses. B-52B, C, D and E models were equipped with Pratt & Whitney J57-P-29W, J57-P-29WA, or J57-P-19W series engines all rated at 10,500lbf (47kN). The B-52F and G models were powered by Pratt & Whitney J57-P-43WB turbojets, each rated at 13,750 pounds-force (61.2kN) static thrust with water injection. New countermeasures: Phase VI ECM modification was the sixth major ECM program for the B-52. It improved the aircraft's self-protection capability in the dense Soviet air defense environment. The new equipment expanded signal coverage, improved threat warnings, provided new countermeasures techniques, and increased the quantity of expendables. The power requirements of Phase VI ECM also consumed most of the excess electrical capacity on the B-52G. Millions around the world descend on Orlando Florida’s theme parks every year. Looking west from Orlando International Airside One terminal windows, an enormous concrete ramp runs north and south for a mile and a quarter. Numerous Airline Cargo companies and Fixed Base Operators (FBO’s) function down Orlando’s west ramp. Airbus A380s, the largest passenger aircraft in the world with two hundred sixty-two foot wingspans, can park comfortably side-by-side on the west ramp. Driving south on Boggey Creek Road passing Tradeport Drive another large aircraft parking apron appears on the left. Nine large stubs form a concrete tree. Look closer, a taxiway overgrown by weeds once connected this tree to Runway 36 Right straight away. Do you know why Orlando International’s identifier on your boarding pass is MCO, not ORL? More importantly, do you know it’s history? Very few do. The International Civil Aviation Organization identifier K is for the US, and MCO identified McCoy Air Force Base. In October 1962 B-52’s armed with nuclear weapons waited for launch on the Boggy Creek Road parking tree, a SAC Alert Christmas Tree. McCoy’s bombers and tankers participated in another form of alert in 1962: airborne alert. May 1960– The U-2 Incident.– Soviet and American Statements." Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 6, 1960.

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. 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]Defense Industry Daily staff (12 May 2014). "CONECT: B-52H Reach Digital Age with Communications Upgrades". Defense Industry Daily . Retrieved 1 March 2023. On 22 November 1972, a B-52D (55-110) from U-Tapao was hit by a SAM while on a raid over Vinh. The crew was forced to abandon the damaged aircraft over Thailand. This was the first B-52 destroyed by hostile fire. [170] [171] [172] AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response (ARRW) hypersonic missile and the future Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile will join the B-52 inventory in the future. [122] Engines [ edit ] USAF B-52H Stratofortress engines Tex Johnston noted, "The B-52, like the B-47, utilized a flexible wing. I saw the wingtip of the B-52 static test airplane travel 32 feet (9.8m), from the negative 1-G load position to the positive 4-G load position." The flexible structure allowed "...the wing to flex during gust and maneuvering loads, thus relieving high-stress areas and providing a smoother ride." During a 3.5-G pullup, "The wingtips appeared about 35 degrees above level flight position." [49] Pre-production and production [ edit ] First flight of the B-52 Stratofortress on 15 April 1952 The event was co-hosted by the Australian resources minister, Madeleine King, and the US commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, and also drew together Australian and US business representatives.

A number of B-52s were deployed in airstrikes against the Taliban during the 2021 Taliban offensive. [239] 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 On 29 March 1957, B-52C (54-2676) retained by Boeing and used for tests as JB-52C, crashed during Boeing test flight from Wichita, Kansas. Two of the four crew on board were killed. [270] 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. He speaks in your voice, American,” so the opening of Underworld goes, introducing one boy whose yearnings echo those of the masses converging on the stadium. This is Whitman territory and tone. The “you” is a Whitman you, and the entire symphonic sequence of the baseball game can be seen through the lens of Whitman, of crowds of passengers on Brooklyn Ferry, of the certainty of others, of fires from foundry chimneys, of all sights “to me the same as they are to you”.

Albanese also used the trip to outline a boost in government credit for projects to mine and process critical minerals, including key components used in electric car batteries. Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan cannon originally mounted in a remote-controlled tail turret on the H-model, removed in 1991 from all operational aircraft. Sanders, Gordon F. "The Incredible 50-year-old Plane on the Front Lines of the North Korea Standoff". POLITICO Magazine. Beginning in late 1965, a number of B-52Ds underwent Big Belly modifications to increase bomb capacity for carpet bombings. [165] While the external payload remained at 24 of 500 pounds (230kg) or 750 pounds (340kg) bombs, the internal capacity increased from 27 to 84 for 500lb (230kg) bombs, or from 27 to 42 for 750lb (340kg) bombs. [166] The modification created enough capacity for a total of 60,000 pounds (27,000kg) using 108 bombs. Thus modified, B-52Ds could carry 22,000 pounds (10,000kg) more than B-52Fs. [167] Designed to replace B-52Fs, modified B-52Ds entered combat in April 1966 flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Each bombing mission lasted 10 to 12 hours and included an aerial refueling by KC-135 Stratotankers. [50] In spring 1967, B-52s began flying from U Tapao Airfield in Thailand so that refueling was not required. [166] It almost felt like you could walk across the tips of those missiles in the sky there were so many fired at you,” recalled one retired US airman.

Since the mid-1990s, the B-52H has been the only variant remaining in military service; [Note 6] it is currently stationed at:Underworld is a novel, quite simply, about what was experienced in the United States in the second half of the 20th century. An era shaped by the advent and then cancellation of the Bretton Woods agreement. Nuclear proliferation. The withering away and relocation of American manufacturing, and the rise of global capitalism. Jazz. The Cuban missile crisis (through the voice, as DeLillo has it, of Lenny Bruce). Civil rights. The CIA. Bombs on university campuses. Artists on New York rooftops, and around them, the old industrial framework of bygone city life, something aesthetic and exotic, either marvelled at or ignored. In 2022, the US Air Force used a B-52 as a platform to test a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) missile. [240] The two B-52 tail gunner kills were not confirmed by VPAF, and they admitted to the loss of only three MiGs, all by F-4s. [181] Vietnamese sources have attributed a third air-to-air victory to a B-52, a MiG-21 shot down on 16 April 1972. [182] These victories make the B-52 the largest aircraft credited with air-to-air kills. [Note 5] The last Arc Light mission without fighter escort took place on 15 August 1973, as U.S. military action in Southeast Asia was wound down. [183] Post-Vietnam War service [ edit ]

Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5thed.). London: Omnibus Press. B-52's. ISBN 9780857125958.Collins, Hugh. "Review: Vibrant Simple Minds and B-52s light up Vector Arena". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media . Retrieved February 16, 2017. Soon after, Cindy Wilson amicably departed. "I'd been a B-52 for a long time, and it just felt like time for a change," said Cindy. Before long, Wilson had successfully completed her first solo project — a baby girl. Meanwhile, Kate collaborated with other artists, including Athens compatriots R.E.M., for whom she guest-starred on their 1991 album Out of Time. She also scored a hit with fellow CBGB's alum Iggy Pop on his lovelorn duet "Candy." Fred, meanwhile started work on a solo project, Just Fred (1996), with producer Steve Albini, his second solo project since the release of 1984’s Fred Schneider and the Shake Society. 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. a b Gendron, Bernard (2002). Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the Avant-Garde. University of Chicago. p.289.