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MAY 23, 1955
P. 81
Triple-Duty Miller for B-52
MARCH 19, 1956
P. 26 (5 Pages)
B-52, note wing-flap size, undergoes flight-line maintenance in Castle AFB nose dock.
AUG. 18, 1952
P. 12 (6 Pages)
YB-52 BANKS providing interesting contrast with near-similar view of smaller, earlier B-47 (below). B-52, though larger, looks cleaner.
March 13, 1950
P. 14, 15
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NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 10, 2017
P. 45, 46
Various avionics and weapon-systems upgrades have allowed the Vietnam War-era B-52 bomber to remain a critical contributor to the modern battlefield.
June 11, 1956
P. 30
SIZE of B-52 bomb bay which can be used for nuclear bombs, in comparison shot with 6-ft. airman standing in center with arms outstretched.
December 3, 1956
P. 31, 32
CREW of B-52 which landed at Friendship International Airport, Baltimore, after record breaking flight. Left to right: Col. Donald Hillman, commander 42nd Heavy Bomb Wing, Seattle; Lt. Col. Robert Scott, Miami, Fla., pilot; Capt. Joe Bruce, Bardwell, Tex., aircraft commander; Maj. Charles Cheever, Milford, Ill. navigator; Capt. Arnold Scott, Morristown, N. Y. radar observer; Capt. George Rolby, Detroit, navigator; Capt. Ralph
November 19, 1956
P. 36
December 3, 1956
P. 31, 32
ROUTES of B-52 bombers in non-stop polar flights covering 17,000 mi.
May 10, 1976
P. 135 (4 Pages)
Boeing’s AGM-69A short-range attack missiles (SRAM) mounted on rotary launcher are loaded in the bomb bay of a company B-52 bomber. The launcher is designed to carry up to eight of the 14-ft.-long nuclear armed weapons but usually six are carried on SAC missions.
May 10, 1976
P. 135 (4 Pages)
Strategic Air Command crewmen prepare to load an AGM-69A SRAM rotary launcher with missiles into the weapons bay of a B-52. A B-52G or H bomber can carry up to 20 of the nuclear-armed missiles—six under each wing and eight in the rotary launcher. A missile is ejected from the launcher at 5-sec. intervals, and 3 sec. after ejection the solid fuel engine fires.
February 7, 1966
P. 48 (6 Pages)
FIVE TRAVELING WAVE TUBES employed in the new B-52 countermeasures receiver are capable of providing high, flat gain characteristics for alien radar signals monitored by receiver. Note only variation in mechanical features of the tubes is the barrel length. Tubes (from bottom to top) cover five microwave frequency bands: P, L, S, C and X. Nearly 6,000 of the five types, one of the largest traveling wave tube orders ever placed, are being produced by Microwave Electronics.
May 10, 1976
P. 135 (4 Pages)
Boeing B-52G test aircraft for the company’s air-launched cruise missile is the same as any SAC B-52G or H model modified for the short-range attack missile (SRAM) AGM-69A. The bomber is equipped with the electro-optical viewing system, low-light-level television and forward looking infrared systems. The ALCM is carried in the weapons bay on a SRAM rotary launcher for flight tests.
August 20, 1956
P. 79, 80
B-52 BOMBER defense system, developed by Arma, provides separate radars for search and tracking (center and bottom) radomes and a periscopic sight for optical tracking
February 7, 1966
P. 48 (6 Pages)
YTTRIUM IRON GARNET filter assemblies for the ALR-20 countermeasures receiver program are now in quantity production at Watkins-Johnson Co., as shown here. Refinement of filters from a promising development item to production was a major milestone.
August 20, 1956
P. 79, 80
B-52 TAIL TURRET before assembly process.
February 7, 1966
P. 48 (6 Pages)
CONTROL UNIT of the ALR-20 countermeasures receiver contains processing circuitry for taking raw video outputs from seven tuners and conditioning for display on indicator. Expanded display function generator enables electronic warfare officer to obtain tenfold display expansion of signals of interest on two separate expanded scale traces.
August 20, 1956
P. 79, 80
Complete armament package containing turret, radars and hemispheric sight being mounted.
May 14. 1984
P. 81 (5 Pages)
Instructor's consoles for the U. S. Air Force/Singer Link B-52 weapon system trainer are installed on a balcony in a dedicated training building at Strategic Air Command's 416th Bomb Wing. Flight instructor's console is in foreground, followed by navigation instructor's position and defensive avionics systems instructor's console. The
February 7, 1966
P. 48 (6 Pages)
BLOCK DIAGRAM of ALR-20 passive countermeasures system, scheduled for installation in Strategic Air Command’s Boeing B-52 bombers this year. The electronically-swept receiver can detect hostile radar emitters over a broad range from 50 me. in the very high frequency (VHF) region to 11 gc. Special narrow-band filters in each of six microwave tuners are scanned electronically through their respective frequency bands. Detected emitters are displayed for inspection by the aircraft’s electronic warfare officer on a nine-trace panoramic indicator. The receiver is going into production at Electronic Specialty Co., Los Angeles.