Stratofortress: The Story of the B-52

349 Pages·2012·22.38 MB·English

by  Bowman

B-52H-150-BW 60-0045 Cherokee Strip II of the 917th Wing, AFRes at
Barksdale AFB (Author)

First published in Great Britain in 2005 and reprinted in 2012 by
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Copyright © Martin W. Bowman, 2005, 2012
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Acknowledgements
Technical Sergeant Shawn M. Bohannon, 2nd Bomb Wing historian; Denis J.
Calvert; Tony Cassanova; Roger Chesneau; DAVA; Peter E. Davies; Jessica D
Aurizio, 917th Wing, Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs; Larry
Goldstein; Lieutenant Colonel Larry ‘Genghis’ Hahn; Lieutenant Jesse
Hildebrand, USAF; Lieutenant Jim Ivie, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs; MSgt.
Michael A. Kaplan USAF, Base Multimedia Manager, Burksdale AFB.
Colonel Bruce Kintner; Mick Jennings; Sam Kemp, Imperial War Museum
Duxford; Pete Kuehl; Lieutenant Colonel Steve Kirkpatrick; Technical
Sergeant Barbara Lavigne, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs; Steve Mendham;
Frank B. Mormillo; Bob Ogden; Ivan L. McKinney; Paul Richardson; Penny
Riches; H. D. Buck Rigg, historian, Barksdale Air force Base; Rockwell
International; Graham and Anne Simons of GMS; Jerry Scutts; Andy Stulpa;
Anthony Thornborough; Tracey Woods, Imperial War Museum Duxford.
B-52H-135-BW 60-0003, the third production B-52H, which was used to
captive-carry the GAM-87A Skybolt ALBM which was later cancelled in 1962.
On 17 March 1969, now assigned to the 379th Bomb Wing, 60-0003 lost four
engines shortly after take-off from Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan. Aircraft
commander Major Robert M. Winn, a command pilot with fifteen years of
crew duty in SAC, landed the B-52 safely. During SAC duty 60-0003 was
Mohawk Valley II of the 416th Bomb Wing, Master Blaster of the 7th Bomb
Wing and Sheer Destruction of the 5th Bomb Wing (USAF)

Forward starboard main undercarriage bogie. The ‘quadricycle’ landing gear
on the B-52 consists of four wheels in front and four in the rear, which are
retracted into the fuselage after take-off. The front wheels are steerable for
taxiing and take-off and both front and rear can be canted on final approach
to accommodate a crosswind (Author)