The B-52's max speed was 650 mph, but it achieved maximum range by cruising at 530 mph.
Great Planes - 2008 B52 Stratofortress 2-9 was released on: USA: 4 September 2009
B52 and KC 135's
The B-52 is not a fighter, it is a heavy strategic bomber.
B52 Nixon, Commander in Chief; used the B52 against North Vietnam more than any other US president.
B52 Stratofortress heavy bombers commenced operations in theater in 1965.
I worked on the B52 in the seventies at Loring Air Force Base, and it was common to put 220 thousand pounds of fuel on a B52, which is about 36,000 gallons, along with a full load of bombs.
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Vietnam was standard tanks, artillery, machinegun, battleship, cruiser, destroyer guns. Consequently, it was just like any other 20th century war...however, it had one weapon that WWII didn't have; the B52. And that weapon made Vietnam extremely violent. Any man, friend or foe, that's ever witnessed a B52 strike, can just about say he's witnessed a volcano eruption! Other than an atomic bomb, no weapon can top a B52 strike.
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