page_title: List of displayed Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: List of displayed Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses / United States
caption_attribution_description: Front view of a B-52. Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (March 2007). Photo by Peter Rimar. This image was taken in direct support of the Aviation WikiProject.
context_page_description: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force since 1955. The B-52A first flew in 1954, and the B model entered service in 1955. A total of 744 B-52s were built with the last, a B-52H, delivered in October 1962. It served in the Strategic Air Command, the Air Combat Command, and the B-52H continues to serve in the Air Force Global Strike Command and the Air Force Reserve Command.
  The B-52D models have the distinction of being the last bombers in aviation history to have shot down enemy aircraft during wartime with machine guns; two Vietnam War “MiG killer” bombers are currently preserved and on display at Fairchild AFB and the United States Air Force Academy.
  Only the B-52H model is still active in the Air Force inventory. It is primarily assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command and the Air Force Reserve Command, with one additional example in the Air Force Materiel Command supporting flight research operations with NASA.
context_section_description: NB-52A
  52-0003 - Pima Air & Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona.  It is a converted B-52A that was used by the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, California as the X-15 Launch Aircraft; now on display and marked as 0003  The High and the Mighty One.
  B-52B
  52-0005 - under restoration at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum (former Lowry AFB), Denver, Colorado.  It is marked as "005 ", and was accepted on 3 March 1955.  It was operated by the 6515th Maintenance Group (Air Research & Development Command) at Edwards AFB, 93rd BW / 330th BS at Castle AFB, 3415th MSG (ATC) at Lowry AFB, then redesignated as a GB-52B training airframe at the Lowry Technical Training Center, withdrawn from service April 1982.
  NB-52B
  52-0008 - Edwards AFB Museum, California.  It is marked as "0008", originally a B-52B then modified as a RB-52B then NB-52B. Assigned to NASA as Balls 8 for use as a mothership for the X-15, X-38, and X-43A, withdrawn from service on 17 December 2004.
  RB-52B
  52-0013 - Heritage Park at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History adjacent to Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the few B-52s to have actually dropped a nuclear weapon when it took part in Operation Dominic in 1962.
  52-8711 - Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.  It was originally a B-52B, and was the first operational B-52 delivered to the Air Force, entering service with the 93d Bombardment Wing on June 29, 1955.
  53-0379 - Although not preserved as such, the aircraft sits on the edge of Rogers Dry Lake south of Edwards Air Force Base, California(34.818730, -117.852651). It was used for barrier testing until 1970, and has been located on the photo range for some time.
  B-52D
  55-0057 - Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.  It was operated by the 306th BW at McCoy AFB, Florida and the 7th BW at Carswell AFB, Texas.
  55-0062 - K.I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum on the former K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan.  It was accepted by the USAF in February 1957.
  55-0067 - Pima Air & Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.  It is marked as "067 The Lone Star Lady"  and was operated by the 7th BW at Carswell AFB and withdrawn from service on 5 November 1982.
  55-0068 - USAF History & Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas.
  55-0071 - Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama.
  55-0083 - United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  55-0085 - Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia.  It was operated by the 99th BW at Andersen AFB, Guam and the 7th BW at Carswell AFB, Texas.
  55-0094 - Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita, Kansas.  It was accepted by the USAF on 30 April 1957 and participated in Arclight.
  55-0095 - Only nose and cockpit section preserved Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville, Florida. 
  55-0677 - Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan.  It is marked as "677" and was operated by the 43rd BW at Andersen AFB, Guam and participated in Linebacker II as part of the 96th BW at Dyess AFB, Texas.
  55-0679 - March Field Air Museum, March Air Reserve Base (former March AFB) in Riverside, California.  It is marked as "679" and was accepted by the USAF on 5 June 1957 and operated by the 92nd BW at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota; 494th BW at Sheppard AFB, Texas; 509th BW at Pease AFB, New Hampshire and Andersen AFB, Guam; 454th BW at March AFB, California; 22nd BW at Andersen AFB, Guam; 99th BW at Andersen AFB and U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand;, 43rd SW at U-Tapao RTAFB;, 7th BW at Carswell AFB, Texas; 99th BW at Andersen AFB and U-Tapao; 22nd BW at March AFB; 43rd SW at Andersen AFB and participated in Linebacker II;, 7th BW at Carswell AFB; 22nd BW at March AFB, 175 combat missions, became a training airframe as a GB-52D and withdrawn from service in 1992.
  56-0586 - Arc Light Memorial, Andersen AFB, Guam.
  56-0589 - Sheppard AFB Air Park, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas.
  56-0612 - Castle Air Museum at the former Castle AFB, Atwater, California.
  56-0629 - Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB, Lou
caption: 55-0068 at the USAF History & Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas
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