Boeing B-52 -- ADI References on Hand
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Aero Digest
YB-52 3v PA AeDig March 53
Aeroplane Monthly
XB-YB development PA AeMo 9/6 June 81
hist CPA AeMo July 81 if
hist CPA AeMo 9/7 July 81
Aerospace Historian
20th Anniv commem PA AH Win,Dec 75
if
Air Classics
CPA AC 8/11 Sep 72
mounted on outdoor display AC 11/5 May 75
ops n Viet War CPA AC clip if
Air Combat
logistics supply desc PA AComb 6/6 Nov 78
offensive avionics il AComb Jan 79 if
Viet War ops CPA AComb March 82 if
52D USAF phaseout PA AComb March 84
52D ops w 2nd BS CPA AComb 8/6 Nov
80 if
Viet War kills of MiGs PA AComb 9/5 Sep 81
Viet War ops CPA AComb 10/2 March 82
Air Enthusiast
ops n Giant Voice 1971 CPA AE Apr 72 if
Aircraft Illustrated
PA AcIl 3/12 Dec 70
CCV test bed CPA AcIl 6/8 Aug 73
CPA AcIl 8/3 Mar 75
CP AcIl 8/4 Apr 75
Strike Com bomb nav comp 77 CP AcIl July 77
"City of Fort Worth" CP AcIl clip if
Aircraft Illustrated Extra
w NASA P AcIlX #33
Air & Space Smithsonian
status, ops CPDA A&S 3/6 March 89
breaking up 52s for metal recovery n AZ CPA
A&S Jun-Jul 95 if
Air Force
B-52G pirep PA AF Nov 74 if
crash at Wright Patt AFB PDA AF Oct 75 if
B-52 slated for early retirement A AF Oct 83 if
tail gun turret CP cov & status CPA AF Feb
84 if
new cpit w EVS screens P AF Oct 74 if
GPS navigation upgrade PA AF May 85 if
modernised CP cov AF Nov 80 if
schedule for early retirement A AF 66/10 Oct 83
if
sea patrol ops CPDA AF Oct 87 if
"Glossy Eagle" cleanup program PA AF
Feb 88 if
"There I Was" humor il AF Apr 90 if
first trans-globe flight with bombing mission
PA AF Oct 94 if
Barksdale AFB trng ops CPDA AF Dec 95 if
Aipower
hist & status CPDA A 12/2 March 82
Airpower Journal
wild weasel missions PA AJ Spr 89 if
Air Progress
B-52G PDA AP Fal 59
Conroy Colossal Guppy mod propo pro A AP June
67
YB-52 PA AP Sum 61
NB-52A PA AP Sum 61
B-52G w Hound Dog PA AP Sum 61
B-52H w Skybolt miss PA AP Sum 61
Conroy "Colossal Guppy (8 jet large cargo mod propo) il
AP June 67 if
GE TF-39 engine test ac P+ AP July 67 if
4 port engines running landing at Wurtsmith PA
AP July 69 if
PDA AP 36.3 March 74
trng mission PDA AP March 75 if
w C-5 engine mounted P AP Sep 68
ops n Viet War CPA AP Dec 68
Air Progress Review
practice mission desc PA APR Fal 77 if
Air Trails
XB-52 P AT May 52
XB-52 3v xs AT July 52
American Aviation
w J-75 test jets on outer pods P+ AmAv 4 Nov 57
if
Aviation News
to Imperial War Mus PA AvN 4-17 Nov 83
service life stretch to 2000 PA AvN 5/3 9-22
July 76 if
Aviation Week
B-52A PA AW 12 Apr 54
Aviation Week & Space Technology
52H w Hound Dogs il+ AWST 8 Feb 60 if
B-52G w Hound Dogs CP AWST 7 March 60 if
52G w Hound Dogs view from tanker Pcov AWST 25
July 60 if
52G w test turbofans P cov AWST 1 Aug 60 if
civil B-52G test crew wears MC-3 pressure suits
P+ AWST 19 Sep 60 if
anti-icing fuel additive approved A AWST Dec 26
60 if
Skybolts system compatability testing PA AWST
30 Jan 61 if
-52H ff PA AWST 20 March 61 if
F-100 downs 52 w Sidewinder accident A AWST 17
Apr 61 if
use as 1st stage booster considered il
A AWST 28 Aug 61 if
w Skybolt test missiles CP AWST 25 Sep 61
if
Skybolt launched from PA AWST 30 Apr 62 if
lands after most of vert stab torn away n hi turb
PDA AWST 9 March 64 if
-52 most feared weapon n Viet PA AWST 1 May 67
if
P&W JT9D-3 engine test P+ AWST 24 June 68
if
B-52H SRAM miss test ac P cov AWST 12 May 69 if
SRAMs on multiple launchers n b-bay CP AWST 11
Oct 71 if
ECM changes after Viet War losses PA AWST 8 Jan
73 if
optical viewing system PA AWST 26 Jan 76 if
B-52G/H avionics upgrade considered il A AWST
23 Feb 76 if
electro optical nav system plans PA DIl AWST 10
May 76
ALCMs introduced to B-52 ops PDA AWST 10 May 76
if
training ops desc PDA AWST 10 May 76 if
lifetime extension effor PA AWST 10 May 76 if
bomb/nav changes in B-52 update PDA ca AWST 14
Aug 78 if
B-52G missile carrier test begin PA AWST 14 May
79 if
B-52G modernization il A AWST 15 Oct 79 if
B-52Ds to support NATO A AWST 15 Oct 79 if
on platform for nuclear blast test CP cov AWST
3 March 80 if
bomber fleet upgrades CPA AWST 16 June 80 if
simulator for in flt refuelling PDA AWST
30 June 80 if
offensive avionics test A AWST 1 Sep 80 if
tail warning radar test PA AWST 29 Sep 80 if
P&W JT9D test ac PA AWST 3 Nov 80 if
cruise missile carriers modified w NATO mkgs PA
AWST June 1 81 if
to operate with Harpoon missles A AWST 16 Aug
82 if
testing Boeing ALCM CP+ AWST 21 Feb 83 if
wing break during ground flue xfer P+ AWST 29
Aug 83 if
Space Shuttle booster parachute test drop B-52
P+ AWST 10 Oct 83 if
upgrade to carry cruise missiles A AWST 3 Sep
84 if
EMP protection test on ground at Kirtland AFB
PA AWST 17 Sep 84 if
GPS installed on B-52G PDA AWST 1 Apr 85 if
n NATO Deep-Strike exercise A AWST 9 Sep
85 if
52s w cruise missiles exceeds SALT 2 limits A
AWST 8 Dec 86 if
52Gs to be mod for conventional bbg PA AWST 4
July 88 if
Pegasus space booster tested on B-52 CP+ AWST
18 Sep 89 if
advanced cruise missile on B-52 wing pylon CPA
AWST 14 May 90 if
reallocation plans CPA AWST 3 June 94 if
-52H refurbished, status CPDA AWST 11 Dec 95 if
use forecast A AWST 8 Jan 96
-52H new workhorse at Dryden CPA AWST 20
Aug 01 if
Skybolt live drop test P AWST clip if
to launch first live Skybolts PA AWST clip if
Canadian Aviation
practice ops over Canada PA CanadAv Aug 79
Combat Crew
importance of crew coordination A CombCrew
May 74 if
bailing out desc A CombCrew Sep 74 if
hist PA CombCrew Nov 74 if
copilot duties PA CombCrew Oct 75 if
overheated lg takeoff incident A CombCrew Sep
76 if
hard to see a B-52 in ltplanes il A CombCrew
Nov 77 if
97th BW safety record with 52 PA
CombCrew Sep 78 if
birdstrike PDA CombCrew Oct 78 if
"Grampa’s Thoughts on the B-52 il A
CombCrew Nov 78 if
new bomb/nav system PDA ca CombCrew Dec 78 if
egress update PA CombCrew Jan 79 if
fire on takeoff A CombCrew Feb 79 if
The Combat Edge
flying Iraq War mission CPA TheCombatEdge clip
Flight
52G w Hound Dogs 3v Flt 1 Jan 60
Space Shuttle booster parachute test B-52 P+
Flt 30 July 77 if
B-52s shadow Kiev A Flit 13 May 78 if
Flight International
52s bombing DMZ A Flint 26 Aug 71 if
Singer-Link simulator PDA il Flint 9 Aug 80 if
Singer-Link weapon system trainer ops PDA Flint
24 Dec 83 if
more CSRLs purchased for B-52s PA Flint 16 Jan
88
B-52s grounded after accident A Flint 17 Dec 88
if
Flight Safety
refuelling incident CPA FltSaf July 95 if
Flying
low alt trng flt CPDA F Sep 81 if
Flying Review
-52H Skybolt test ac CPA FR XVIII/1 if if
In Flight USA
B-52 of NASA today PA InFlightUSA July 95 if
IPMS Quarterly
3v A IPMSQ 6/3 if
Dil PA IPMS Q clip if
Journal American Aviation Historical Society
on Guam PA JAS Fal 66
Koku Fan
CP KF July 72
CP surv KF Apr 75 if
B-52D departing Kadena AB, Japan CP KF Feb 76
if
"City of Fort Worth" and "Spirit of Kittyhawk"
noseart CP KF clip if
Mechanix Illustrated
practice mission desc CPDA MechIl Nov 78 if
Newsweek
status today CPA Newsweek Feb 18 91 if
National Geographic
testing YB & wind tunnel models CP Nat Geo
clip if
The Navigator
new nav/bomb system il A TNav Win 77 if
B-52 downing over NViet by "last one out" il
A TNav clip if
Popular Science
low altitude practice mission desc PA
PopSci July 60 if
X-15 carrier in for checkup P+ PopSci Apr 62 if
Private Pilot
night trng mission PDA PriPi 4/7 Apr 69 if
flight in one A PriPi 6/2 Feb 71 if
Scale Aircraft Modeller
NASA X-15 carrier conv 1/72 Monogram CPDA
Dil ScAcMod Sum 75 if
Scale Aircraft Modelling
hist CPDA 3v ScAcMdg 1/11 Aug 79
Scale Modeler
1/72 Monogram SM Jan 69
1/72 Monogram CPA SM 9/1 Jan 74
uprated 52G 1/72 Monogram CPA SM 19/1 Jan 84 if
1/200 DML kr CPA SM 23/12 Dec 88
Scale Models
Tamiya 1/100 B-52D PA ScMods Aug 74 if
bomb comp visit to UK CPDA ScMods May 82 if
Take Off
ops today CPDA Cca Take Off #44 if
Top Gun
crash of B-52 flown by Col. Holland CPA Top Gun
#1 1996 if
Wings
flying test lab CPA W 10/1 Feb 80
w NASA CPDA W 10/1 Feb 80
MODEL ARTICLE CLIPS
Monogram 1/72 1968 kit instructions if
Monogram 1/72 1973 kit instructions if
hist by Monogram Models PA if
Monogram 1/72 1968 kit advert clip if
early Revell kit instructions if
1967 Revell kit instructions if
Tamiya 1/100 B-52G kit instructions
NEWS RELEASES
Background hist A USAF Offutt if
background his PA Boeing April 80 if
B-52 Launch Aircraft PA NASA/Ames if
CLIPS
4v xs clip if
52G flt crew n MC-3 pressure suits P+ clip if
52F 76473 Skybolt test ac CP clip if
2-man 4 camera pressurized b-bay capsule P+ clip if
4 left engines only landing PA clip if
GE TF-39 engine test ac P clip if
NEWSPAPER CLIPS
crash at March AFB PA np clip Oct 20 78 if
surveillance missions over Indian O and Arabian Sea A np clip Jan 22 80 if
fatal crash at Mather AFB np clip Dec 17 82 if
explosion on ground at Grand Forks, ND PA Jan 28 83 if
explosion on ground at Grand Forks, ND PA Jan 29 83 if
joint crash recov team finds bones n Viet A np clip Nov 20 85
1963 low alt ejection n Mass Davis Enterprise Jan 24 88 if
SAC chief tries to find niche for 52s np clip March 9 88 if
PA B-52s grounded A np clip Dec 7 88 if
oldest retired to Offutt PA np clip July 89 if
hist PA np clip Dec 2 01 if
B-52s return to Afghanistan War A np clip Dec 2 02 if
upgrades planned Cil PA np clip if