B-52 Stratofortress
Aircraft role	Strategic Bomber
Manufacturer	Boeing
Real-world origin	United States of America
AC installments	Ace Combat Advance Ace Combat (Air Combat) Ace Combat 2 Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault
Primary operator	Osea (OADF Viking squadron)
Secondary operators	Belka (BAF) Emmeria (REAF Hammerhead squadron) Estovakia (EAF) (B-52G) Leasath (LAF) Ustio (UAF) Yuktobania (YAF) Free Erusea Terrorist Air Force Usean Rebel Force Aurelian Air Force Valahia United Air Defense
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The B-52 Stratofortress is the longest serving aircraft in USAF history at well over 50 years on the job, and it will continue to serve the Air Force until at least 2045. The B-52H is the only remaining variant available with 92 aircraft of this type, and the last B-52 built was in 1962. It has gone through a plethora of performance upgrades throughout its service history, with the latest one being an Advanced Weapons Integration system which allows it to independently drop modern GPS-guided JDAMS and LGB's. It can hold up to 51 conventional Mk.82 GBU's and is projected to carry up to 180 of the new GBU-39 small-diameter bombs. It also has the ability to air-drop cruise missiles from stand-off distances with pinpoint accuracy. All variants of the B-52 up to the B-52G were armed with four .50 caliber machine guns in the tail to defend against hostile fighters, with the B-52H being armed with a 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon until the mid-1990s when the cannon was removed due to changes in technology and Air Force doctrine rendering such defensive armaments obsolete due to long range missiles. Its eight TF33-P-3/103 turbofan engines can carry a maximum payload up to a range of 8,800 miles, but in-flight refueling can extend its range infinitely with the only limitations being the endurance of the crew. It is supposed to be eventually replaced by the 2037 Bomber. Except from the H-Variant, which had no cannons, all the variants had either 1 or 4 cannons/guns, all in the same turret spot.

TriviaEdit

• Even though the B-52H is lacking tail cannons, but apparently the ones in Ace Combat 6 regained their talguns in difficulties of Hard and above. However they rarely hit if the player keeps doing lateral/frontal, high speed passes on it

Notable Pilots/UnitsEdit

• Viking Squadron (OADF/AC5)
• Otto Squadron (BAF/ACZ)
• 35th Bomber Squadron (REAF/AC6)
• Mother (UAD/ACA)

Comparable AircraftEdit

• Tu-95 Bear
• Avro Vulcan
• BM-335

SourceEdit

• Global Security - http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/b-52.htm

GalleryEdit

URF B-52H

Belkan Air Force B-52H

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