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B1 Bomber
The B-52 entered service with USAF bomber squadrons in 1955.
B52 B1B B17 B24
Yes. During the Vietnam War B52 bombers flew from both Thailand and Guam to strike targets in both South and North Vietnam.
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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.
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More than half the B52 bomber force was based in Thailand.