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Photography by Chad Slattery. Meet U.S. Air Force Maj. Christin “Sparta” Hart, and her research jet: a lumbering, six-decades-old B–52H bomber. Together, brains and brawn, the pair is literally launching the U.S. Air Force into a new hypersonic age.
From Takeoff to Touchdown: Life Inside a B-52. The B-52 Stratofortress, affectionately dubbed the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow), is a testament to the sheer willpower of engineering over time.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s, and NASA for nearly 50 years.
23 mar 2016 · Ninety female missileers made Air Force history March 22 as the first all-female missile alert crews to serve on alert at three intercontinental ballistic missile wings simultaneously.
On display during a technical exposition at Dryden are NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, Boeing's X-37, Boeing's X-40A behind the MicroCraft X-43 mock-up, Orbital Science's X-34 and the modified Lockheed L-1011 airliner that will launch the X-34.
12 lut 2024 · Defense News visited Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to check out the aging B-52 bomber fleet and talk to pilots about what it will take for the aircraft to fly for several more...
4 dni temu · Profile of the B-52 heavy bomber, including its specifications and the history of its development and use in combat.
