On this day in 1952, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress took off for the very first time, only 5 years after Boeing has put in flight its very first jet, the B-47, another bomber. The first XB-52 prototype had been damaged earlier during a ground test, so it is the pre-production aircraft YB-52 which had the honor to perform this first flight. The B-52 would be the spear of the almighty Strategic Air Command, holding the non-stop airborne nuclear alert from 1960 to 1968. In 2019, the H version of the B-52 is still in service and the US Air Force to operate the type until 2050, an operational life of nearly a century.

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Exposure Time	1/1250 s
ApertureFNumber	f/11.0
ISO	400
Model	Canon EOS 70D
Lens	EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length	400 mm
Date Time of Original	2017:07:29 15:56:14

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Saturday 29 July 2017

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Sunday 14 April 2019

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