B-52 Stratofortress And B-47 Stratojet Developement And Curiosities | Rare Restored Footage

Rare restored footage of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and B-47 Stratojet development and maintenance.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, high-alert, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s. The bomber can carry up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles (14,080 km) without aerial refueling.
Beginning with the successful contract bid in June 1946, the B-52 design evolved from a straight-wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines to the final prototype YB-52 with eight turbojet engines and swept wings. The B-52 took its maiden flight in April 1952. Built to carry nuclear weapons for Cold War-era deterrence missions, the B-52 Stratofortress replaced the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. A veteran of several wars, the B-52 has dropped only conventional munitions in combat. The B-52's official name Stratofortress is rarely used; informally, the aircraft has become commonly referred to as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fucker/Fella).
The B-52 has been in service with the USAF since 1955. As of June 2019, there are 76 aircraft in inventory; 58 operated by active forces (2nd Bomb Wing and 5th Bomb Wing), 18 by reserve forces (307th Bomb Wing), and about 12 in long-term storage at the Davis-Monthan AFB Boneyard. The bombers flew under the Strategic Air Command (SAC) until it was disestablished in 1992 and its aircraft absorbed into the Air Combat Command (ACC); in 2010, all B-52 Stratofortresses were transferred from the ACC to the new Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs have kept them in service despite the advent of later, more advanced strategic bombers, including the Mach 2+ B-58 Hustler, the canceled Mach 3 B-70 Valkyrie, the variable-geometry B-1 Lancer, and the stealth B-2 Spirit. The B-52 completed 60 years of continuous service with its original operator in 2015. After being upgraded between 2013 and 2015, the last airplanes are expected to serve into the 2050s.
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[@KroMagnum4]

Crew chief on the D's and the 80's at Carswell AFB. Before I got kicked up to the new B1's in the late 80's Thanks for the memories.

[@MrMparks4340]

Loved listening to these guys taking off. Sweet sound.

[@chriswandatownley1]

Hypersonic Missiles on the B52 G, and the Russians and Chinese are only recently say look what we have here!

[@christopherrobinson7541]

The Skybolt missile was canceled.

[@micahcastillo9113]

@@christopherrobinson7541So what? It was a technology demonstration. I’m sure that the demonstration brought about plans to build better, longer range hypersonic missles.

[@christopherrobinson7541]

@@micahcastillo9113 The UK was co-funding Skybolt and the cancellation forced the rapid development of a new system Blue Steel that could only be installed in the Mk2 Vulcan. The Mk 2 Victors could not carry the Blue Steel and most of the Mk2 Victors were canceled. The aircraft that were delivered were converted to tankers. The result was that the RAF had to start to hand over the nuclear strike role to Royal Navy using Polaris missiles. This contributed to the cancelation of TSR2, the ordering and cancelation of the F-111 and the Purchase of Phantom F4s. The cancellation of Skybolt screwed the RAF for decades.

[@airplanes42]

That Boeing is gone. That America is gone.

[@hieronymusjacabusprincepso5060]

This story is like Kim Jung Un of North Korea, he said we have to build really expensive weapons because there are really, really bad people out there.

[@RichardCorongiu]

That's because the ARE..really really bad people out there. Maybe you should pay attention

[@charliebrown2265]

No, un is like this video. Because the video came before him.