AIRCRAFT: B-52D Stratofortress
- TYPE: strategic heavy bomber
- MAKER: Boeing Company
- SPAN: 185 ft.
- LENGTH: 156 ft. 6 in.
- HEIGHT: 48 ft. 3 in.
- WEIGHT: maximum takeoff weight 450,000 lb.
- POWERPLANT: eight 12,000 lb. thrust Pratt & Whitney J57-P-29W turbojet engines
- PERFORMANCE: 650 m.p.h. maximum at 20,000 ft., ceiling 50,000+ ft., range 6,300 miles
- ARMAMENT: 60,000 lb. of mixed conventional ordinance, four 50 caliber machine guns
- CREW: 6
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