BOEING B-52D "STRATOFORTRESS"

Serving "on display" at K I Sawyer is tail number 55-0062

The Boeing B-52 D model tail number 55-0062 was received in the SAC inventory in February, 1957. It was initially was assigned to the 42nd Bombardment (Heavy) Wing - Loring AFB, Maine. This aircraft flew numerous missions over North Vietnam for 19 months flying with several wings out of Anderson AFB Guam and U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand. This bomber flew a total of 14,984 hours in 26 years. On September 15, 1983, the B52D 55-0062 flew into K I Sawyer for it's final landing.

Aircraft Lineage

B-52D, “Stratofortress” s/n 55-0062

Manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, Wichita KS and delivered to the USAF on 17 Feb 1957.

Feb 1957 To 42nd Bombardment (Heavy) Wing (Strategic Air Command), Loring AFB ME

Aug 1959 To 4130th Strategic Wing (SAC), Bergstrom AFB TX

Jun 1963 To 92nd Strategic Wing (SAC), Fairchild AFB W A

Jul1967 To 99th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Westover AFB MA (deployments to Andersen AFB Guam

and U-Tapao RTAFB Thailand)

Apr 1968 To 92nd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen AB and Kadena AB Japan

Sep 1968 To Fairchild AFB (deployments to Andersen AB, Kadena AB, and U Tapao RTAFB)

Sep 1969 To 28th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Kadena AB, Andersen AB, and Ellsworth AFB SD

Jun 1970 To 7th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB (deployments to Andersen AB and Castle AFB CA)

Dec 1972 To 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen AB

Dec 1973 To 96th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB TX

Mar 1974 To 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen AB

Apr 1974 To 307th Strategic Wing (SAC), U Tapao RTAFB

Feb 1975 To 7th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB

Apr 1975 To 22nd Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), March AFB CA

Jun 1979 To 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen AB

Jul 1981 To 7th Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB

Sep 1983 Flew to 410 Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), K. I. Sawyer AFB MI

Nov 1983 Dropped from inventory by transfer to museum program

Dec 1983 Placed on permanent static display on K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI

Specifications

B-52D “Stratofortress” Heavy Bomber

Crew: Six (pilot, copilot, electronic warfare officer, navigator, bombardier-radar navigator, tail gunner)

Span: 185 ft

Length: 156 ft 6 in

Height: 48 ft 4 in

Weight: 450,000 lbs Max. T/O Weight

Engines: Eight Pratt & Whitney J57-P-19W’s; 12,100 lbs thrust ea with water injection, 10,000 lbs thrust ea dry

Cost: $7,000,000

Performance

Armament: Four .50 cal. Machine guns in tail plus bombs – nuclear or up to 60,000 lbs of conventional

Max. Speed: 638 mph

Cruising Speed: 526 mph

Range: 8,338 miles without refueling

Service Ceiling: Approx. 49,400 ft

This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

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