File:Boeing B-52 dropping bombs.jpg

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Description 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 "Big Belly" B-52Ds which could carry 108 bombs.
Date circa 1960's
Source U.S. Air Force photo 020926-O-9999G-001 from the USAF website
Author USAF
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current09:57, 15 May 2015Thumbnail for version as of 09:57, 15 May 20151,439 × 1,079 (531 KB)Ralf Roletschek (talk | contribs)etwas begradigt und entrauscht
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