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Since it was first built in the 1950's the B-52 has performed two types of bombing missions.
Carpet bombing with conventionnal bomb. This is the mission it flew in support of Viet Nam and Gulf War.
Strategic bombing with nuclear bombs. Luckily it never had to perform this mission. The B-52 was one of the 3 forces in the nuclear deterrant capability of the US. The B-52 was poised for attack against Russia should a war start.
A select few were equipped with electronic counter-measures and decoys. They would escort the bombers and try to confuse the enemy ground radars and interceptor aircraft.
NOTE: The B-52 Stratofortress is currently active in the United States Air Force.
It was used for bombing
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThey were most famously used in the Vietnam War, but have also been used in the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan, plus in support of several peacekeeping missions in the 1990s and 2000s.
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b52 bomber
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More than half the B52 bomber force was based in Thailand.
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Nixon involvement in the Vietnam war?
B52 Nixon, Commander in Chief; used the B52 against North Vietnam more than any other US president.
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B1 Bomber
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The B-52 entered service with USAF bomber squadrons in 1955.
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What year was the b52 bomber made?
1952 and produced all the way to 1962.
Who invented the B-52 bombers?
Boeing designed and built the B52 Stratofortress Bomber.
What were the B52 bombers named after?
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The B-52 is not a fighter, it is a heavy strategic bomber.
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The B17, B24, and B29s were the heavy bombers of WWII. The B52 was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.
What is the smallest bomber?
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.
What technological development led Hitler to withdraw the infamous U-boats from the North Atlantic?
b52 bomber
