Anonymous ID: 03f592 June 2, 2020, 9:27 a.m. No.9429962   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0093

B52 and SAME40 cross paths over Fort Smith.

SAME40: NC-135W, platform used to test systems and equipment used on RC-135V and W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft.

B-52H Stratofortress: The ECM and avionics were updated, a new fire control system was fitted, and the rear defensive armament was changed from machine guns to a 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon (later removed in 1991–94).[243] The final 18 aircraft were manufactured with provision for the ADR-8 countermeasures rocket, which was later retrofitted to the remainder of the B-52G and B-52H fleet.[247] A provision was made for four GAM-87 Skybolt ballistic missiles. The aircraft's first flight occurred on 10 July 1960, and it entered service on 9 May 1961. This is the only variant still in use by the USAF.[6] A total of 102 B-52Hs were built. The last production aircraft, B-52H AF Serial No. 61-0040, left the factory on 26 October 1962. This one is 61-0031.