عنوان

B-52 Stratofortress :

(Number (ISBN

1610586727

(Number (ISBN

9781610586726

Number

b390726

Title Proper

B-52 Stratofortress :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the complete history of the world's longest serving and best known bomber

First Statement of Responsibility

Bill Yenne.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Minneapolis, MN

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Zenith Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2012.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(191 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Text of Note

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.

Electronic books; History; Electronic book

Bill Yenne

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