A B-52 on the Trestle. The Wedge is on the left. Source: USAF, public domain But the Trestle itself was not the only huge aspect of ATLAS-1. The whole point of the thing was to bathe aircraft in ...

If the Air Force Loves the B-52 Bomber So Much Why Not Build New Versions ... and even the addition of a privacy screen for the aircraft's lavatory. A question making the rounds recently on ...

The Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” was a bomber aircraft ... the B-52 was used in the Cold War and has been used by the United States Air Force since 1955. The first model of the B-52, model ...

The B-2 Spirit, pictured here flying next to a B-52 Stratofortress, is a more modern and stealthier aircraft than its predecessor. However, high running costs and the fact only 20 were built mean ...

Since then, the aircraft ... The B-52 was initially designed to carry atomic bombs to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and it continues to operate in this capacity. Each B-52 model featured ...

The B-52 sporting the amazing ... and the only one that wasn’t an H model. It also had the lowest total flight hours of any operational B-52. The aircraft is now displayed permanently near ...

The B-52H 61-0028 has the forward fuselage, wings near the wingtips, engine nacelles, and vertical stabilizer painted in dayglo orange, contrasting the typical dark gray paint of the Stratofortress.

Understanding the B-52 Bomber The current B-52H model can carry an astonishing 70,000 pounds of ordnance that can deliver massive amounts of death and destruction from extraordinarily high ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. unveiled a full-scale model of its CCA design ... designing Boeing’s KC-135 tanker and B-52 bomber. The two aircraft were tied together conceptually ...