| Parade Ground Aircraft | |||||||||||
| A7 | A10 | B17 | B24 | B25 | B26 | B29 | C45 | C47 | C118 | C119 | C121 |
| C123 | F15 | F16 | F82 | P38 | P47 | P51 | P63 | SR71 | T6 | T28 | T34 |
| Other USAF Aircraft | |||||||||||
| Bombers | |||||||||||
| B1 | B2 | B45 | B47 | B50 | B52 | B58 | F111 | - | - | - | - |
| Cargo, VIP, & Tanker | |||||||||||
| C5 | C17 | C21 | C24 | C46 | C97 | C130 | C133 | C140 | C141 | KC10 | KC135 |
| Experimental & Prototype | |||||||||||
| D558 | F107 | X1 | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 | X15 | XB70 | YC14 | - | - |
| Fighters | |||||||||||
| A1 | F4 | F5 | F22 | F84 | F84F | F86 | F86D | F100 | F101 | F102 | F104 |
| F105 | F106 | F117 | P40 | P80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Helicopters | |||||||||||
| CH3E | CH21 | CH54A | H5A | HH43 | MH60 | R4B | R6A | UH1P | UH13 | UH19 | V22 |
| Reconnaissance | |||||||||||
| E3 | O1G | OV2 | OV10 | RF4 | RF101 | U2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trainers | |||||||||||
| T6A | T33 | T37 | T38 | T41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Boeing B-52 Strato Fortress

Since it became operational in 1955, the B-52 has been the main long-range heavy bomber of the Strategic Air Command. It first flew on Apr. 15, 1952. Nearly 750 B-52s were built when production ended in Oct. 1963, of which 170 were -Ds. The -Ds were modified to carry conventional bombs and Quail decoy missiles. The B-52 has set many records in its 25-plus years of service. On Jan. 18, 1957, three B-52Bs completed the world's first non-stop round-the-world flight by jet aircraft, lasting 45 hours and 19 minutes with only three aerial refueling's en route. It was also a B-52 that made the first airborne hydrogen bomb drop over Bikini Atoll on May 21, 1956. In June 1965, B-52s entered combat when they began flying missions in Southeast Asia (SEA). By Aug. 1973, they had flown 126,615 combat sorties with 17 B-52s lost to enemy action.
SPECIFICATIONS Span: 185 ft. Length: 156 ft. 6 in. Height: 48 ft. 4 in. Weight: 450,000 lbs. max. Armament: Four .50-cal. machine guns in tail plus bombs--nuclear or 43,000 lbs. of conventional Engines: Eight Pratt & Whitney J57s of 12,100 lbs. thrust ea. with water-alcohol injection Cost: $7,000,000
PERFORMANCE Maximum speed: 638 mph. Cruising speed: 526 mph. Range: 8,338 miles un refueled Service Ceiling: 49,400 ft.


Note the serial number on this buffer....0003

The little planes on the side of this plane, are a score card kept by the crew for the number of X-15 drops they did. This is the X-15 saddle.




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B-52s in storage at Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona - prior to the destruction of all but 61 per our agreement with the Soviet Union
| Parade Ground Aircraft | |||||||||||
| A7 | A10 | B17 | B24 | B25 | B26 | B29 | C45 | C47 | C118 | C119 | C121 |
| C123 | F15 | F16 | F82 | P38 | P47 | P51 | P63 | SR71 | T6 | T28 | T34 |
| Other USAF Aircraft | |||||||||||
| Bombers | |||||||||||
| B1 | B2 | B45 | B47 | B50 | B52 | B58 | F111 | - | - | - | - |
| Cargo, VIP, & Tanker | |||||||||||
| C5 | C17 | C21 | C24 | C46 | C97 | C130 | C133 | C140 | C141 | KC10 | KC135 |
| Experimental & Prototype | |||||||||||
| D558 | F107 | X1 | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 | X15 | XB70 | YC14 | - | - |
| Fighters | |||||||||||
| A1 | F4 | F5 | F22 | F84 | F84F | F86 | F86D | F100 | F101 | F102 | F104 |
| F105 | F106 | F117 | P40 | P80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Helicopters | |||||||||||
| CH3E | CH21 | CH54A | H5A | HH43 | MH60 | R4B | R6A | UH1P | UH13 | UH19 | V22 |
| Reconnaissance | |||||||||||
| E3 | O1G | OV2 | OV10 | RF4 | RF101 | U2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trainers | |||||||||||
| T6A | T33 | T37 | T38 | T41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |