The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s, and by NASA for nearly 50 years.

Used by AFFTC as NB-52E Control Configured Vehicle operated by the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory to test ride comfort improvements during turbulent flight conditions. info from Joe Baugher's excellent website.

Apr 2, 2025 · The 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron revealed the finished livery of the heritage orange B-52H which pays tribute to the NB-52A and NB-52E. Few months after it was first spotted with the new ...

It has been asserted that the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress, carrying Air Force serial 52-0008, can lay claim to being the airplane that has seen and participated in more history than any other single airplane.

Constructed as a NB-52E. Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0119. To General Electric Flight Test. Used as engine testbed for TF39 and CF6. Permanently …

This aircraft, the second B-52E produced remained with Boeing as a test machine until retired in June 1974. Whilst a candidate for preservation it fell to the scrapman under the terms of the SALT Agreement as it counted as a possibility for return to service.

Dec 18, 2023 · Aircraft photo of 56-632 / 60632 - Boeing NB-52E Stratofortress - USA - Air Force (6512 TS / 6510 TW / AFFTC), taken by Kerry Taylor at Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA) in Arizona, United States on 14 October 1978.

Boeing NB-52E during the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory-Boeing Control Configured Vehicles program. (U.S. Air Force photo)

As rolled out of either the Seattle or Wichita plant, the B-52E hardly differed from the B-52D. It was equipped with more reliable electronics, and the more accurate AN/ASQ-38 bombing...

The Control Configured Vehicle test NB-52E was fitted with three canard control surfaces (two horizontal and one ventral) which were linked to computers receiving flight data from sensors mounted throughout the aircraft monitoring turbulence, which fed …