Airplane: Boeing B52 Stratofortess
Type: strategic bomber
| HISTORY: | |
| First Flight | 15 April 1952 |
| Service Entry | February 1955 |
| Retirement | (B-52D) 1983 (B-52G) 1994 (B-52H) not planned until at least 2020 |
| CREW: | five: aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator, electronic warfare officer |
| ESTIMATED COST: | $53.4 million [1998$] |
| AIRFOIL SECTIONS: | |
| Wing Root | NACA 63A219.3 mod |
| Wing Tip | NACA 65A209.5 mod |
| DIMENSIONS: | |
| Length | 160.92 ft (49.05 m) |
| Wingspan | 185.00 ft (56.39 m) |
| Height | 40.67 ft (12.40 m) |
| Wing Area | 4,000 ft2 (371.6 m2) |
| Canard Area | not applicable |
| WEIGHTS: | |
| Empty | 195,000 lb (88,450 kg) |
| Normal Takeoff | unknown |
| Max Takeoff | (B-52A-F) 452,000 lb (205,025 kg) (B-52G/H) 488,000 lb (219,600 kg) |
| Fuel Capacity | internal: unknown external: unknown |
| Max Payload | 70,000 lb (31,500 kg) |
| PROPULSION: | |
| Powerplant | eight Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3/103 turbofans |
| Thrust | 136,000 lb (605.0 kN) |
| PERFORMANCE: | |
| Max Level Speed | at altitude: 595 mph (955 km/h) [B-52H] at sea level: 405 mph (650 km/h), Mach 0.53 cruise speed: 510 mph (820 km/h) |
| Initial Climb Rate | unknown |
| Service Ceiling | 50,000 ft (15,240 m) |
| Range | typical: 6,380 nm (11,800 km) ferry: 8,685 nm (16,090 km) |
| g-Limits | unknown |
| ARMAMENT: | |
| Gun | one 20-mm Vulcan cannon in tail (remotely controlled, but removed by 1991 to save money) |
| Stations | one internal bomb bay and four external hardpoints |
| Air-to-Surface Missile | up to 20 AGM-69 SRAM or AGM-86 ALCM, up to 8 AGM-84 Harpoon, up to 4 AGM-142 Popeye (B-52H) up to 20 AGM-86C CALCM, up to 20 AGM-129 ACM, AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158 JASSM |
| Bomb | up to 8 B61/B83 nuclear bombs, up to 51 Mk 82 500-lb GP, Mk 84 2000-lb GP, up to 51 M117 750-lb GP, GBU-30 JDAM, CBU-87/89/97 cluster, CBU-103/104/105 WCMD (B-52D) up to 108 conventional bombs |
| Other | maritime mines |
| KNOWN VARIANTS: | |
| XB-52 and YB-52 | Prototypes |
| B-52A | Boeing test and development aircraft; 3 built |
| B-52B | First operational model for the USAF; 50 built |
| RB-52B | Reconnaissance version based on the B-52B model; 27 converted |
| B-52C | Improved model with better equipment and greater performance; 35 built |
| B-52D | New fire-control system for four 0.5-in. machine gun assembly in tail; 170 built, retired from service in 1983 |
| B-52E | Improved navigation and weapons systems, new flight deck layout to accomodate improved displays, improved engine; 100 built |
| B-52G | Lighter airframe and greater fuel capacity; originally designed to operate AGM-28 Hound Dog missile and also equipped with 'Quail' decoy aircraft; 193 built |
| B-52H | Improved engine, better low-level performance, new tail gun; 102 built |
| EB-52 | Proposal to fit B-52 airframes with electronic warfare equipment for use as stand-off jammers |
| KNOWN COMBAT RECORD: | Vietnam War (USAF, 1965-1972) Iraq - Operation Desert Storm (USAF, 1991) Iraq - Operation Southern Watch (USAF, 1991-2003) Iraq - Operation Desert Strike (USAF, 1996) Iraq - Operation Desert Fox (USAF, 1998) Kosovo - Operation Allied Force (USAF, 1999) Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom (USAF, 2001) Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom (USAF, 2003) |
| KNOWN OPERATORS: | United States (US Air Force) United States (US Air Force Reserves) |
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