dsawan 624 Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) First flight of the B-52 this day! Edited April 15, 2012 by dsawan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B52STRATO 215 Posted April 15, 2012 It's almost the age of retirement but the good old BUFF is still not ready to let us alone ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Brain32 265 Posted April 15, 2012 60 years of flight, damn! They sure knew how to build stuff back then... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted April 16, 2012 How bizarre that the B-52's first flight was the 40th anniversary of the Titanic's loss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+ST0RM 145 Posted April 16, 2012 Happy Birthday to the BUFFasaurus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexx_Luthor 57 Posted April 16, 2012 B-52 was the plane, and KC-135, that brought Strategic Air Command back home, well for the most part, inside national borders. A long and unique read on the role of SAC overseas basing until the B-52 and KC-135, massive PDF file, 280 pages... ~> Strategic Frontier: American Bomber Bases Overseas, 1950 - 1960, by Kurt Wayne Schake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
