File:Boeing B-52 bombing run.jpg
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Summary
| Title / Description
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A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52F-70-BW Stratofortress |
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| Author(s)
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United States Air Force |
| Source
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http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/020926-O-9999G-001.jpg |
| Date created
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circa 1965-1966 |
| Country of first publication
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Unites States |
| Notes
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A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52F-70-BW Stratofortress (s/n 57-0162, nicknamed "Casper The Friendly Ghost") from the 320th Bomb Wing dropping Mk 117 750 lb (340 kg) bombs over Vietnam. This aircraft was the first B-52F used to test conventional bombing in 1964, and later dropped the 50,000th bomb of the "Arc Light" campaign. B-52Fs could carry 51 bombs and served in Vietnam from June 1965 to April 1966 when they were replaced by B-52Ds which could carry 108 bombs. |
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