Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, strategic bomber that has been used by the United States Air Force since 1955.

The B-52 was designed to carry nuclear weapons during the Cold War and to replace the Convair B-36. It is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds of weapons, though they have never dropped nuclear weapons in combat.

When it entered service the B-52 was initially assigned to the Strategic Air Command until its disestablishment in 1992 when they were moved to the Air Combat Command.