B-52D
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- Role
- HeavyBomber
- Size
- VeryLarge
- Max Speed
- 365 kn
- Ceiling
- 55000 ft
- Range Units
- Miles
Description
The "Big Stick" of the USAF's inventory the B-52 is one of the few truly strategic bombers in service globally. This aircraft carries a massive payload, both internally in a bomb-bay fitted with a rotary launcher, and externally on a number of wing hardpoints.
Unit
- Type
- Aircraft
- Subtype
- VeryLarge
- Role
- HeavyBomber
- In service
- 1956–1983
- Loadouts
- Default, Strike Heavy, Strike Long Range
Performance
- Wingspan
- 54 m
- Max G
- 2 g
- Ceiling
- 55,000 ft
- Max speed (sea level)
- 365 kn
- Stall speed
- 95 kn
- Mach limit
- 0.98 M
- Empty mass
- 83,250 kg
- Max fuel
- 138,244 kg
- Engines
- 8
- Thrust (each)
- 61.2 kN
- Cruise
- Mach 0.77 · 9,000 miles
Signatures
- Visual ID range
- 9 nm
- RCS
- 300
- IR signature
- Medium