B-52 Stratofortress [electronic resource] : the complete history of the world's longest serving and best known bomber / Bill Yenne.
"A comprehensive history of the B-52's development, manufacture, and combat service. The longest-serving U.S. Air Force combat aircraft, the B-52 debuted in 1955 and is slated to continue to 2040. It flew in the Cold War, Vietnam, the Gulf Wars, and Afghanistan"--Provided by publisher.
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Minneapolis, MN :
Zenith Press,
2012.
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B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World's Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber |
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Contents:
- Introduction: the most formidable expression
- The origins of strategic air power doctrine
- Boeing bombers before the Stratofortress
- The Strategic Air Command and a jet bomber fleet
- What we've been waiting for
- Production and model evolution
- The Strategic Air Command and other Stratofortress missions
- War in Southeast Asia
- Back to the Cold War
- A storm in the desert
- A decade of changes
- Twenty-first-century warrior
- Back to the future
- Appendix 1: Specifications by Stratofortress model
- Appendix 2: Stratofortress production by model and block number
- Appendix 3: Stratofortress combat wings and assigned squadrons
- Bibliography
- Index
- Tables
- 5-1. Stratofortress production by model number
- 6-1. B-52s in the SAC inventory: build-up and peak strength era
- 7-1. Linebacker II: sorties day by day
- 8-1. B-52s in the SAC inventory: draw-down and early model retirement era
- 8-2. B-52s in the U.S. Air Force inventory: Reagan era through the end of the Cold War
- 12-1. B-52s in the U.S. Air Force inventory: post Cold War era
- 12-2. B-52h selected weapons systems options
- 12-3. B-52h selected electronics systems.