They're in US Air Force Technical Order 2J-J57-54. That book is probably two inches thick.
1952 and produced all the way to 1962.
B1 Bomber
The B-52 entered service with USAF bomber squadrons in 1955.
B52 B1B B17 B24
Although the F-105 Thunderchief was the largest single engine jet fighter-bomber made, and was the USAFs only purpose built "fighter-bomber" (all others were fighters or interceptors) it was the smallest bomber used in the Vietnam War. The USN A6 Intruder and the USAF B57 Canberra were medium bombers used during the war, and the B52 Stratofortress was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.
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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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