• more about #b52
    B52HVet: Thanks for bringing back some great memories, Giz! I worked as an Aircraft armament systems specialist (2W151, or 462) on the B-52H for quite a while.... more »
    macabron: Sorry to burst your bubble, but the B-17 was introduced in 1938 and the B-52 has been in service since 1955. Thats less than 20 years. The B-52 is suc... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: Loveliest thing on two wings ever built. These things can take all sorts of punishment, and then fly home on just one engine. WW2 planes are about my ... more »
    dirtybacon: The B-17 is one of my staples whenever I have gotten on a model kick in my life-time. Ever since I was 5, if I wanted to do a model, I would do a b-17... more »
    boot shrew: I'm surprised the B-52 hasn't fallen out of the sky trying to fly slow enough for that B-17. Then again I can't tell if its flaps are down. more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: At the rate things are going, the next huge bomber will have a Google logo on the side. Or at the very least, the bikini woman painting on the side of... more »
    stryder100: Beautiful. Too bad they're purveyors of massive civilian death. more »
    Donald Moore: Where does the cartoon wheel go? more »
    aerospaceman: the B52 was deployed in the 1955 and the B17 had it's first flight in 1935, so this photo only spans 20 years. more »
    justin44l: It looks like the guns located on the B-17G are facing the tail.... more »
  • #airplanes

    50 Years of Boeing Bombers in a Picture

    The legend started with the mighty Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, and ends—for now—in the B-52 Stratofortress. 50 Years of beautiful destruction on two wings flying together in a rare picture. [FlightGlobal]
  • #topsecret

    US Air Force Abandoned Nuclear Bomb in Greenland

  • #pentagonreport

    Paper Sheet Protects World from Nuclear Holocaust

    A report released this month by the Pentagon has revealed the truth behind the B-52 bomber—loaded with six live nuclear warheads—flying over the US, a mistake that could have had catastrophic consequences. Their explanation: a 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of printed paper used to differentiate between nuclear and conventional missiles. Really, it can't get any more absurd than this: More »