B-52D Stratofortress by pimanjc
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Boeing B-52D Stratofortress Serial 55-0094
Taken at the [Wichita KS] Kansas Air Museum Car Show. She performed in Combat Missions: Arclight, Linebacker I, and Linebacker II. She also took part in "Crested Dove." The tail gun is in evidence in this picture.
As this B-52D and her sisters were retired and were replaced by B-52G's and H's, These "Tall Tail" B-52's were parked at B-52 Bases and moved around to fool the Soviets into thinking we had more B-52's in service than we really had.
In 1978, She was transferred to Boeing Wichita for developmental mockup work and was later transferred to the Kansas Aviation Museum for display. Each weekend a Russian satellite passes over Wichita and verifies that 55-0094 has not been moved more than 50 feet.
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Comments (17)
Faemike55
LOL - paranoia will destroy ya! Great capture and narrative
MagikUnicorn
SUPER BIG LOVE IT
Richardphotos
what a great capture. they are humongous. I use to enjoy seeing them fly in Fort Worth at the former Carswell AFB
blinkings
Great info and image Jim. I can feel another cold war approaching......................
giulband
GOOD capture !!!
magnus073
Jim, this is a truly fabulous capture of her. Thanks so much for providing some background info also.
bebopdlx
Probably fly them for 20 more years.
eekdog
stunning photo. Jim. you really captured a dandy. great job hon and Happy Holidays my friend..
jayfar
Great shot Jim and those Ruskies didn't miss a lot.
UteBigSmile
Great capture of this big engine!
Hendesse
Excellent shot and very interesting informations.
AdeyMack66
Great image :)
GrandmaT
Wonderful photo! It looks huge.
QuietRiot
We pass by this area when we come into the city (Wichita) Interesting tidbit about the satellite spying, lol
iborg64
wonderful shot I get the impression this is very big !
FredNunes
Talk about a perspective showing size.... well taken.
aksirp
wow, great dimensions in this! love it!