{"id":825,"date":"2019-11-27T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=825"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:46:49","slug":"boeing-b-52d","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/boeing-b-52d\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing B-52D"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Boeing B-52D Stratofortress<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boeing-B-52D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Boeing-B-52D.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Boeing B-52D Stratorfortress\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Design work for what would become the B-52 Stratofortress began in 1945.\u00a0 After several major design changes, the first of the eight-engined bombers took to the air on October 2, 1952.\u00a0 The first of the eight major production variants of the B-52 were built in 1954, with production continuing through 1963.\u00a0 The fourth model of the B-52 built, the B-52D was the second most produced version of the Stratofortress.\u00a0 Delivery of the \u201cD\u201d models began in 1956 with a total of 170 built.<\/p>\n<p>As they were first built, the &#8220;D&#8221; model was virtually identical to earlier models of the aircraft except that it lacked the reconnaissance ability of earlier B-52s and was intended purely as a bomber.\u00a0 In 1965, modification of B-52D aircraft began to increase their conventional bomb load.\u00a0 The &#8220;Big Belly&#8221; modifications resulted in the ability to carry a total 108 conventional bombs both internally and externally.\u00a0 This means that one aircraft could carry 54,000 pounds of bombs, roughly the equivalent of nine World War Two B-17s.\u00a0 B-52s dropped thousands of tons of bombs on targets in Vietnam, becoming the symbol of American strategic air power during that war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>185 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>156 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>48 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>450,000 lbs (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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