Anonymous ID: 43a4d2 May 8, 2019, 2:13 p.m. No.6448810   🗄️.is đź”—kun

https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsusaf-receives-six-upgraded-b-52-bombers-boeing-4785180/

The US Air Force (USAF) has received six upgraded B-52 Bombers from Boeing after several months of successful ground and flight testing.

The upgrade includes the modification of an existing common strategic rotary launcher in the internal weapons bay into a conventional rotary launcher.

The upgraded, movable weapons bay launchers are expected to increase the bomber’s weapons capacity and flexibility, as well as enabling it to carry GPS-guided weapons for the first time.

The modification project will provide launchers with the ability to carry, target and launch eight joint direct attack weapons.

US Air Force B-52 programme director colonel Tim Dickinson said: "The upgrades to the B-52 bomber’s internal weapons bay have made it possible to have zero gap on the bomber’s long-range bombing capabilities as we transfer from Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles to Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range."