#b-52

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Fortress Family

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B-52 Stratofortress. 70,000 lbs payload (about 23 average cars) for weapons of choice, including nukes. Fighters win fights, Bombers win wars.

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B-52

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It is 1959, the last Convair B-36 Peacemaker lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It is 1970, the last Convair B-58 Hustler lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It’s 1998, the last General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It’s 2024, the last McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender lands for the last time, meanwhile somewhere in the sky a KC-135 refuels a B-52.

It’s 2032, the last Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit lands for the last time…

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Tail guns blazing.

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The B-52’s

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X-15 Launch from B-52 Mothership by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: This photo illustrates how the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was taken aloft under the wing of a B-52. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. This was one of the early powered flights using a pair of XLR-11 engines (until the XLR-99 became available). The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 ft long with a wingspan of 22 ft. It was a missile-shaped vehicle with an unusual wedge-shaped vertical tail, thin stubby wings, and unique fairings that extended along the side of the fuselage. The X-15 weighed about 14,000 lb empty and approximately 34,000 lb at launch. The XLR-99 rocket engine, manufactured by Thiokol Chemical Corp., was pilot controlled and was capable of developing 57,000 lb of rated thrust (actual thrust reportedly climbed to 60,000 lb). North American Aviation built three X-15 aircraft for the program. The X-15 research aircraft was developed to provide in-flight information and data on aerodynamics, structures, flight controls, and the physiological aspects of high-speed, high-altitude flight. A follow-on program used the aircraft as a testbed to carry various scientific experiments beyond the Earth's atmosphere on a repeated basis. For flight in the dense air of the usable atmosphere, the X-15 used conventional aerodynamic controls such as rudder surfaces on the vertical stabilizers to control yaw and canted horizontal surfaces on the tail to control pitch when moving in synchronization or roll when moved differentially. For flight in the thin air outside of the appreciable Earth's atmosphere, the X-15 used a reaction control system. Hydrogen peroxide thrust rockets located on the nose of the aircraft provided pitch and yaw control. Those on the wings provided roll control. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. Depending on the mission, the rocket engine provided thrust for the first 80 to 120 sec of flight. The remainder of the normal 10 to 11 min. flight was powerless and ended with a 200-mph glide landing. Generally, one of two types of X-15 flight profiles was used: a high-altitude flight plan that called for the pilot to maintain a steep rate of climb, or a speed profile that called for the pilot to push over and maintain a level altitude. The X-15 was flown over a period of nearly 10 years--June 1959 to Oct. 1968--and set the world's unofficial speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 ft (over 67 mi) in a program to investigate all aspects of piloted hypersonic flight. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights and were manufactured by North American Aviation. X-15-1, serial number 56-6670, is now located at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. NASA Media Usage Guidelines Credit: NASA Image Number: E-4942 Date: 1959

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Vietnam War Combat Aircraft, Bombers, Helicopters, And Rescue Planes. Included a rare F-4 Combat Tactics Documentary

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November 2024: The Frost Came

The frost finally appeared:

If you don't understand the tragic irony of this photo in the context of the recent election in the United States of America, ask me:

My old friend, the wasteland:

Where magic glitters for those not too blind to see:

My queen had spotted a crabapple tree while we were scouting fishing spots. We went back to harvest the fruit:

On the run:

Can you still see me?:

Maybe you aren't a bad human:

Random thing seen while walking - someone's homemade B-52 hung from a tree in our local park:

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An ominous figure deaprting Fairford at sunset

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B-52 Stratofortress

Power plant: Eight Pratt & Whitney engines TF33-P-3/103 turbofan Armament: Approximately 70,000 pounds mixed ordnance -- bombs, mines and missiles

Speed: 650 mph

Range: 8,800 miles

Crew: Five (aircraft commander, pilot, radar navigator, navigator and electronic warfare officer)

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress conducting minimum interval takeoffs (MITO), an aircraft scramble technique designed to put as many aircraft in the sky as quickly as possible.

Gotta love those old smoky Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojets!

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"The second free-flight test of an evolving series of X-38 prototypes took place July 10, 2001 when the X-38 was released from NASA's B-52 mothership over the Edwards Air Force Base range in California's Mojave Desert. Shortly after the photo was taken, a sequenced deployment of a drogue parachute followed by a large parafoil fabric wing slowed the X-38 to enable it to land safely on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards. NASA engineers from the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, and the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, are developing a 'lifeboat' for the International Space Station based on X-38 research."

Date: July 10, 2001

NASA ID: EC01-0204-2