A Problem Plane from Day One The B-52 was born in the shadow of World War II but entered a very different world. First f ...
In December 1972, President Nixon launched Operation Linebacker II, the largest bombing campaign since WWII, intended to ...
The Air Force’s newer bombers were tailored for narrow mission sets that have aged poorly in the 21st century, while the B-52 Stratofortress remains extremely adaptable. In an aerospace era of stealth ...