B-52 carries on HSABs (each HSAB= 2000 lbs).
External Load=18 Bombs
Total = 45 Bombs.
The B-52H will carry about 76,000 pounds of armaments and 310,000 pounds of fuel.
The B52 Stratofortess. During the Vietnam War, one B52 could carry up to 108 750lb HE bombs. That was equal to about 10 World War 2 B17 bombers.
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The B52 has proven to be one of the most effective bombers in history. It had a combat range of 5,000 miles and could hold more than 10,000 pounds of bombs.
The B-52 entered service with USAF bomber squadrons in 1955.
B52 B1B B17 B24
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1952 and produced all the way to 1962.
Boeing designed and built the B52 Stratofortress Bomber.
Nothing. They were "Bomber type 52" and as such, weren't named after anything. They were just the 52nd version of that bomber to be designed and built.
B52 Stratofortress. During the Vietnam War one B52 could carry up to 108 750lb bombs. That was equal to 10 WWII bombers. I believe the Avro Lancaster was the best bomber of all time. It was essential to winning WW2. Lancasters took thousands of boys to war and brought many men back. It made the difference between winning and losing. -If the Allies had lost there would never have been a real peace.
The B-52 is not a fighter, it is a heavy strategic bomber.
The B17, B24, and B29s were the heavy bombers of WWII. The B52 was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.