Around 180,000 lbs empty. Loaded, around 250,000 lbs average.
Update: 250,000 lbs would only be 70,000 lbs of fuel. A standard ramp load for a B-52G in the 1980s was 150,000 lbs of fuel putting the aircraft at 330,000 lbs. A nuclear alert B-52G loaded with maximum fuel, 12 cruise missiles, 4 B61 nuclear gravity bombs, and 8 Short Range Attack Missiles (SRAMs) mounted on a rotary launcher had a gross weight of 492,000 lbs.
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The B-52 entered service with USAF bomber squadrons in 1955.
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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.
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.
More than half the B52 bomber force was based in Thailand.
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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.