Photo Description: An overhead view of a United States Air Force ( USAF ) B-52 Stratofortress aircraft undergoing in-flight refueling. Technological modifications and parts obtained from decommissioned bombers enable maintenance specialists to keep the aging aircraft on their flight schedules and increase mean time between breakdowns. Photo Credit: DoD/TSgt Bill Thompson Photo Date: September 1988 Photo Location: Unknown Photo ID: B520045
Photo Description: A front right side view of a United States Air Force ( USAF ) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft ( Serial Number – 61-0025 ) assigned to 28th Bomb Wing ( 28th BW ) just after its arrival during Exercise Glad Customer '82. After service with the USAF this BUFF was delivered to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on July 30, 2001 as replacement for NB-52B mothership. It left Edwards AFB May 9, 2008 on one-time ferry flight to Sheppard AFB, TX, where it will become a maintenance trainer, never to fly again. Photo Credit: DoD/TSgt Alex R Taningco Photo Date: June 1982 Photo Location: Anderson AFB, Guam Photo ID: B520044
Photo Description: A front view of a United States Air Force ( USAF ) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft undergoing last-minute maintenance for an alert mission. Photo Credit: DoD/MSgt Bob Wickley Photo Date: April 1981 Photo Location: Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota Photo ID: B520042
