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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PennyGuy, post: 569739, member: 17502&quot;]AdamL</p><p>Great contest.&nbsp; Got me to thinking (always a dangerous thing)&nbsp; Found that the prototype YB-52 rolled out of the assembly plant 11/29/1951, and its first test flight was 4/15/1952 (anybody notice that would be 57 years ago today).&nbsp; There were 3 A models delivered to the Air Force for testing in June of 1954.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The first operational model, the B-520B, built in both bomber and reconnaissance versions, entered the Air Force operational inventory on 6/29/1955, when serial number 52-8711 was delivered to the 93rd Bomb Wing at Castle Air Force Base, California.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Castle AFB is just outside Merced in California&#039;s central valley.&nbsp; I was stationed at Castle from 1966 to 1969 and got to see those big birds fly everyday.&nbsp; Even got to help clean one up that crashed on the runway.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Trivia---What was the B-52&#039;s nickname?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Answer&nbsp;&nbsp; BUFF (make up your own words)(the real version is not fit for this site)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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