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Lockheed Senior Peg (120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Lockheed Senior Peg was a proposal for a stealthy strategic bomber by the Lockheed Corporation together with Rockwell International for the Advanced

List of supersonic aircraft (85 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Turbojet Bomber 1972 Prototype 1 Strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-22 Soviet Union Turbojet Bomber 1959 Production 311 Strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-22M Soviet Union

Dyagilevo air base (692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

3 km west of Ryazan. It serves as a training center for Russia's strategic bomber force. As of 2022[update], the base was home to the 203rd Guards Orlovsky

Beehive (hairstyle) (1,010 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

B-52 due to a resemblance to the distinctive nose of the Boeing B-52 Strategic Bomber. The 1980s band The B-52's took their name from the hairstyle, which

Aeroflot Flight 811 (670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Blagoveshchensk that collided mid-air on 24 August 1981 with a Tupolev Tu-16K strategic bomber over Zavitinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Dornier Do 19 (1,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Staff, was the most persistent advocate of a German long-range strategic bomber fleet. The Dornier Do 19 was built for the Luftwaffe's Ural bomber

6th Air Refueling Wing (3,696 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 April 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

65th Air Army (433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

became the 3rd Air Army DA (Long-range aviation), controlling Soviet strategic bomber forces for the rest of its existence. In 1949 it was renumbered the

List of United States bomber aircraft (168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(kg) Photo Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber 1947 retired 1977 2,032 11,340 Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber 1947 retired 1965 370 12,700 Boeing

Operation Chrome Dome (1,720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne

380th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron (1,532 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The squadron was organized in March 1942 as the 380th Bombardment Squadron and trained in the Southeastern United States with North American B-25 Mitchells

Casablanca directive (993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

February 1943. It remained in force until 17 April 1944, when the Allied strategic bomber commands based in Britain were directed to help with preparations for

393rd Bomb Squadron (1,426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Missouri. It operates Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit nuclear-capable strategic bomber aircraft. The squadron was first organized in March 1944 as the 393rd

Ural bomber (999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

industry out of reach of existing bombers. Wever proposed using a strategic bomber to target those factories, hampering the Soviet ability to fight, without

307th Bomb Wing (2,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

War, where it earned a Presidential Unit Citation. It served as a strategic bomber organization until inactivated in 1945. The wing was again activated

Convair (2,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Convair's most famous products was the ten-engined Convair B-36 strategic bomber, burning four turbojets and turning six pusher propellers driven by

Myasishchev M-18 (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

program for a new multi-misson, supersonic, variable geometry wing strategic bomber, with a maximum speed of Mach 2.3, as a response to the U.S. Rockwell

644th Bomb Squadron (2,085 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Offutt AFB, NE, pp. 117-118. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Kazan Aircraft Production Association (859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(see Tupolev Tu-160) it will start production of a "new-generation strategic bomber", the PAK DA. Kazan Aviation Plant named after S. P. Gorbunov cooperates

Dobrynin RD-7 (165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

VD-7), it was intended for installation on the Myasishchev Type 103 strategic bomber (M-4, later 3M). VD-7B: VD-7P: RD-7M: RD-7M-2: VD-7MD: Tupolev Tu-22

28th Bomb Wing (3,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"host unit" at Ellsworth AFB. The wing is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the United States Air Force, the other being the 7th Bomb

List of Soviet and Russian aircraft (1,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tu-4 - 1947 strategic bomber Tu-14 - 1949 torpedo bomber Tu-16 - 1952 strategic bomber Tu-22 - 1959 medium bomber Tu-22M - 1969 strategic bomber Tu-28 - 1964

Chekurovka (air base) (128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward. Its status and condition are

McConnell Air Force Base (4,806 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

McConnell Air Force Base (IATA: IAB, ICAO: KIAB, FAA LID: IAB) is a United States Air Force base located four miles (6 km) southeast of the central business

Chagan (air base) (369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(Bear) aircraft, which were eliminated by 1994, ending the base's strategic bomber role. Units based at Dolon included: 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

Northrop Corporation (978 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2 Prototype strategic bomber Northrop Pioneer 1946 1 Trimotor transport Northrop YB-49 1947 6 Prototype eight-jet-engine strategic bomber Northrop F-89

23rd Bomb Squadron (1,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mission of the squadron is to fly the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber. The men and women of the "Bomber Barons" stand ready to project global

448th Missile Squadron (2,871 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Full House (aircraft) (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Gunner Cpl. Richard B. Anselme, Assistant Engineer/Scanner A FB-111A strategic bomber of the USAF 509th Bomb Wing, serial 68-0270, carried the name and original

Ostrov Bolshevik (air base) (201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and is among several very large trans-polar airfields for Russia's strategic bomber force that were either abandoned during construction or served limited

Orlovka (air base) (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Amur Oblast area. It is close to Ukrainka, a Long Range Aviation strategic bomber base. In the 1960s Orlovka was a deployment and dispersal airfield

329th Combat Crew Training Squadron (1,164 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

reactivated at Castle in the training mission in 1986 as the 329th Strategic Bomber Training Squadron. Established in early 1942 initially as a Consolidated

Ukrainka (air base) (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Vozdvizhenka (Ussuriysk). In 2009 there were extensive Air Force reductions. Strategic bomber units were reduced to three, with Ukrainka becoming the home of the

859th Special Operations Squadron (2,534 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The 859th Special Operations Squadron is a reserve unit of the United States Air Force. It was first activated in October 1942 as the 517th Bombardment

Lockheed EC-130 (2,532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

submarine force and as a backup communications link for the USAF manned strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile forces. To ensure survivability

List of Tupolev aircraft (2,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tu-81) torpedo bomber, 1949 Tu-16 "Badger" strategic bomber, 1952 Tu-20/Tu-95 "Bear" long-range strategic bomber and modifications, 1952 Tu-142 "Bear F/Bear

Omaha Trophy (801 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

official categories: Global Operations Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Strategic Bomber Operations Submarine Ballistic Missile Selection for the award in each

Dyess Air Force Base (3,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Command Eighth Air Force. The wing is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the USAF, the other being the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth

20th Bomb Squadron (3,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 20th Bomb Squadron has flown the B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber, which can perform a variety of missions. Today the squadron is engaged

447th Missile Squadron (3,180 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The 447th Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 321st Missile Group, stationed at Grand Forks Air Force

446th Missile Squadron (3,075 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The 446th Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 321st Missile Group, stationed at Grand Forks Air Force

366th Bombardment Squadron (1,817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

active on paper from 1947 to 1949. It was activated again in 1951 as a strategic bomber unit, flying Boeing B-47 Stratojets. In 1949, it moved to Indiana,

Baranovichi (air base) (378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Bomber Aviation Division and 203rd TBAP and became one of the prime strategic bomber base of the early 1950s. Holm confirms the 45th TBAD arrived in November

Messerschmitt (1,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

advanced development of Me 163 Me 264 Amerika (America) 23 October 1942 strategic bomber, developed under Amerika Bomber program in competition against Ju 390

365th Bombardment Squadron (2,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

active on paper from 1947 to 1949. It was activated again in 1951 as a strategic bomber unit, flying Boeing B-47 Stratojets. In 1949, it moved to Indiana,

Andrei Tupolev (2,181 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designated, to reverse engineer the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress strategic bomber, which had been the first aircraft to deliver a nuclear weapon. The

Bartini A-57 (227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bomber page on testpilot.ru database for Soviet Aircraft (English) A-57 strategic bomber page on ctrl-c.liu.se Archived 2005-12-14 at the Wayback Machine Top

Douglas XB-31 (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

working on an even larger, 212 foot (64.6 meter) wingspan four-engined strategic bomber prototype airframe, the Douglas XB-19, that made her maiden flight

Oschersleben (572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter, which made it a prime target for Western Allied strategic bomber forces, which attacked the town ten times. During the period of the

Myasishchev (1,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bomber, 1959 M-31: projected transonic strategic bomber, 1952 M-32: projected delta-wing supersonic strategic bomber, 1953 M-33: Yak-1000 development, 1951

Machulishchy (air base) (459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Ilyushin Il-76MD's, Mil Mi-8s and Mil Mi-24s. It has served as a strategic bomber base for the Soviet Union. It also served as a Soviet Air Defence Forces

Leland C. Shepard Jr. (557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Division in England as a command post controller and B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber pilot. Two years later, he joined the Sixteenth Air Force, stationed

525th Bombardment Squadron (2,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1945. The squadron was reactivated in 1955 as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber squadron. In 1960, it began converting to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

545th Bombardment Squadron (2,069 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Nasif Majeed (368 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of Distinction. He was a Captain and Aircraft Commander of a B-52 Strategic Bomber, flying over 120 combat missions over North Vietnam. He later was a

526th Bombardment Squadron (2,184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1945. The squadron was reactivated in 1955 as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber squadron. In 1960, it began converting to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Heinkel He 277 (4,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

had worked out the earlier P.1064 project in 1942 for a six-engine strategic bomber. The original proposal, which was meant to use the He 177A-7's fuselage

524th Bomb Squadron (2,656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1945. The squadron was reactivated in 1955 as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber squadron. In 1960, it began converting to the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

546th Bombardment Squadron (2,073 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

544th Bombardment Squadron (2,017 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

B52 (disambiguation) (184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

up B-52 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The B-52 is an American strategic bomber aircraft. B-52 or B52 may also refer to: The B-52s, an American new

Vulcan (893 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Brighamia insignis), a plant Avro Vulcan, a British delta-winged strategic bomber HMS Vulcan, various ships USS Vulcan, three ships M163 VADS (Vulcan

Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

XB-38 Flying Fortress General information Type Strategic bomber Manufacturer Boeing (B-17E aircraft)/Vega (modifications) Status Cancelled Primary user

Military aviation (1,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Normandy and afterwards. World War I also saw the creation of the first strategic bomber units, however, they wouldn't be tested until the Spanish Civil War

Ilyushin Il-26 (283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Il-26 Role Strategic bomber project Type of aircraft National origin USSR Manufacturer Ilyushin

1957 in aviation (3,849 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

North Atlantic Ocean by airliner as by ocean liner. The Avro Vulcan strategic bomber enters service with the Royal Air Force. It begins to enter squadron

No. 41 Wing RAF (394 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

"Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary / Development of the Strategic Bomber". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved

527th Bombardment Squadron (1,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1945. The squadron was reactivated in 1958 as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber squadron, in response to Strategic Air Command's increased alert commitment

Kh-22 (2,447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

platform is currently the Tupolev Tu-22M3 ('Backfire') long-range strategic bomber. The first combat use of the missile was reported during the 2022 Russian

Dominator (518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Machina Consolidated B-32 Dominator, a late World War II American strategic bomber Honda NX650 Dominator, a dual sport motorcycle by Honda SS Dominator

United States Air Force in the United Kingdom (1,734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

being. SAC continued rotational deployments of its strategic bomber force, keeping a strategic bomber force in Europe for almost 20 years until 1966, when

Finders Keepers (1966 film) (801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

loosely based on a real accident on 17 January 1966, when a US B-52 strategic bomber, carrying four thermonuclear bombs, collided in mid-air with KC-135

379th Bombardment Squadron (1,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

inactivated in 1949. It was activated in Kansas as a Strategic Air Command strategic bomber unit. It was inactivated on 25 March 1965 as the Boeing B-47 Stratojet

B54 (101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft Boeing B-54, an American strategic bomber aircraft Bundesstraße 54, a German road HLA-B54, an HLA-B serotype

Tupolev Voron (782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

payload. The drone was intended to be launched from a Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber. This is similar to the modification of the D-21, which could be launched

B43 nuclear bomb (673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sabre, F-105 Thunderchief, F-4 Phantom II, F-104 Starfighter, FB-111A strategic bomber variant, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F/A-18 Hornet

B1 (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

broadcasting in North America Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a United States Air Force strategic bomber B1 (New York City bus) serving Brooklyn B1 type submarine, a World

Army aviation (830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

newly established United States Air Force concentrated on building strategic bomber forces for attack and fighter forces to defend against enemy bombers

ADR-8 (249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the ADR-8 was developed for use by the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, to give the aircraft a means of dispensing chaff to disrupt enemy

Top Secret (aircraft) (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Arizona, where it was scrapped in July 1954. A General Dynamics FB-111A strategic bomber of the United States Air Force, serial 69–6513, carried the name Top

Tupolev Tu-116 (620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

built in the USSR. The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority

816th Strategic Aerospace Division (1,412 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 716–717 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Chrome Dome (154 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Chromedome, in The Tick comics Operation Chrome Dome, a U.S. Cold-War strategic-bomber program This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the

S-200 missile system (5,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2024, Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber over Stavropol Krai. Ukraine claimed that the bomber was trying to

Straton (241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

types. Strato AG, a German hosting provider B-52 Stratofortress, a strategic bomber made by Boeing C-135 Stratolifter, a multi-purpose aircraft made by

Straton (241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

types. Strato AG, a German hosting provider B-52 Stratofortress, a strategic bomber made by Boeing C-135 Stratolifter, a multi-purpose aircraft made by

B36 (89 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tórshavn, a Faroese football team Convair B-36 Peacemaker, a Cold War era strategic bomber B-36 Peacemaker Museum, an organization associated with the above aircraft

864th Bombardment Squadron (1,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike. The squadron also trained in strategic bomber operations. In December 1965, a few months after the first B-52Bs started

Bomber Task Force (1,377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) and are conducted by the USAF's strategic bomber fleet of B-1B Lancers, B-2A Spirits and B-52H Stratofortresses. The

Kh-20 (579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kh-20 cruise missile was designed by M.I. Gurevich for the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Development began in 1954, drawing on experience with MiG-17 and MiG-19

Zaslon (1,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

PESA radar (previously found only on ground-based systems and the B-1 strategic bomber) had been installed in a jet fighter. The Zaslon radar was publicly

List of aircraft (Tu) (2,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

cruise missile Tupolev '134' SST based on the Tu-106 Tupolev '135' strategic bomber designs Tupolev '136' Zvezda, spaceplane Tupolev '136' VTOL fighter

Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (3,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023. "Russian strategic bomber to extend Kinzhal hypersonic missile's range — source". TASS. 18 July

Glanville Williams (3,205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

criminalised) will ensue but has no purpose as to that offence. E.g. a strategic bomber may propose to destroy an airbase knowing that the airbase is situated

24th Air Army (685 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

стратегического назначения (ВА ВГК СН)) - 30th, 37th and 46th for the strategic bomber force. One air army of the High Command for the Military Air Transport

320th Air Expeditionary Wing (3,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the B-52G fleet pursuant to START reductions of the entire USAF strategic bomber force. Along with the 441 BS, the 320th Bombardment Wing was also inactivated

Dobrynin VD-4K (512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

itself developed and in test by 1951 — and used on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-4 Tupolev Tu-85 Data from Kotelnikov Type: 6-bank, 24-cylinder

B72 (114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commonly in conservation-restoration WS-125, a proposed super long range strategic bomber This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title

Russian Air Force (8,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In 2007 the VVS resumed the Soviet-era practice of deploying its strategic bomber aircraft on long-range patrols. This ended a 15-year unilateral suspension

454th Bombardment Wing (1,668 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

M4 (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Army artillery tractor from 1943 Myasishchev M-4, a 1950s Soviet strategic bomber aircraft Meusel M-IV, a German glider; see List of German gliders M4

A3 (772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft manufactured by the Curtiss Aircraft Company A-3 Skywarrior, a strategic bomber manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company AUG A3, a variant of the Austrian

Bomber Command (1,346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Command and XXI Bomber Command. VIII Bomber Command was the UK-based strategic bomber arm of the Eighth Air Force and contributed a substantial part of Operation

821st Strategic Aerospace Division (1,698 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 147-149 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

817th Air Division (1,577 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Ravenstein, pp. 275–277 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation (437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chinese-upgraded variant of the Tupolev Tu-16 Badger Xi'an H-8 heavy strategic bomber (cancelled) Xi'an JH-7 Flying Leopard twin engine fighter-bomber. Xi'an

Pacific Ocean Areas (1,546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bismarck Archipelago) and the western part of the Solomon Islands. U.S. strategic bomber forces in the theatre were under the direct control of the JCS. All

96th Bomb Squadron (2,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as the best strategic bomber squadron by U.S. Navy Adm. Charles Richard, commander of USSTRATCOM: The Omaha Trophy for best strategic bomber squadron in

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (1,352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the US Ninth Air Force and the RAF Second Tactical Air Force. Allied strategic bomber forces in the UK also came under its command during Operation Neptune

Moscow Defense Brief (452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2008 Russia "shot down its own planes" BBC News 9 July 2009 Russia's strategic bomber fleet on global intimidation drive The Moscow Times [dead link‍] Solovyov

Mys Shmidta (2,179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Soviet Air Force air bases around the Arctic for the use of its strategic bomber fleet during the Cold War. During the Cold War, this airfield formed

Engels (disambiguation) (166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Saratov Oblast Engels Air Force Base, formerly Engels-2 (air base), a strategic bomber military airbase near Saratov, Russia Engels MI, a Russian floatplane/fighter

819th Strategic Aerospace Division (1,823 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 September 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Strange Cargo (aircraft) (552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

scrapped after an unspecified accident in August 1957. An FB-111A strategic bomber of the USAF, serial 69-6508, carried the name and nose art of Strange

822d Air Division (1,683 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(73d Bombardment Squadron). "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

465th Bombardment Wing (1,812 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons. pp. 423–424 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Operation Arc Light (971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dedicated to carrying nuclear weapons, the U.S. Air Force began to train strategic bomber crews in 1964 to deliver conventional munitions flying the B-52F. The

List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force (2,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport 1922 1927 Twin-engined piston biplane Handley Page Victor UK Jet Strategic bomber/tanker/Reconnaissance 1957 1993 Four-engined jet monoplane Vickers

Domino Vitali (1,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

NATO, in order for SPECTRE to steal a Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan strategic bomber with two nuclear bombs and hold NATO ransom. Domino then aids Bond

Eighth Air Force (10,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the bombers to them. In a prelude to the invasion of France, Allied strategic bomber forces were switched from industry to the transport network to isolate

Eighth Air Force (10,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the bombers to them. In a prelude to the invasion of France, Allied strategic bomber forces were switched from industry to the transport network to isolate

Raider (1,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attack compound helicopter Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, an American strategic bomber under development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop

BMW 803 (985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1942-approved Amerika Bomber contract, for a trans-Atlantic range strategic bomber designed to attack New York City from European bases. The projected

3rd Air Division (2,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

simultaneously discontinued at Yokota Air Base, Japan. In addition to the strategic bomber force, the division exercised operational control over numerous deployed

Contra-rotating propellers (1,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

One of the four contra-rotating propellers on a Tu-95 Russian strategic bomber

Ilyushin Il-38 (1,611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and more versatile Tupolev Tu-142 derivative of the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber entered service. The airframe is based on the Il-18, with the wings

Firebombing (1,991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Germans pioneered several innovations which were to influence all future strategic bomber raids during the war. These were: the use of pathfinder aircraft with

Messerschmitt Me 261 (1,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He 119 high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, and the Heinkel He 177 strategic bomber, but the Me 261's design housed the DB 606 "power systems" in nacelles

Economy of Kazan (572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

KAPO currently produces the Tu-214 passenger plane and the Tu-160 strategic bomber. There are also plans to start producing Tu-334 regional airliners

Global Guardian (715 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

- 9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes 9-11 Commission Report, see notes to Chapter 1, Note 116. Russia: Archived Strategic Bomber Force Developments at the NTI

450th Bombardment Wing (2,185 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

General Dynamics F-111C (6,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

F-111F models were subsequently developed for the USAF. The FB-111A strategic bomber and the EF-111 electronic warfare versions were also later developed

Yakovlev Yak-25 (1947) (1,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(Eksperimentalnyi) was a Yak-25-II specially modified to be towed by a Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber. This came in response to a proposal by the headquarters of Long Range

Turboprop (3,081 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Union had the technology to create the airframe for a jet-powered strategic bomber comparable to Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress, they instead produced the

Butt Report (1,594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the paper as it offered support to them in their battle to save the strategic bomber offensive, which had been under attack from others in the high command

Heinkel HeS 011 (1,364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Henschel Hs 132C prone-pilot seating fighter-bomber Horten H.XVIII jet strategic bomber (as one option) Junkers EF 128 tailless jet fighter (twin vertical

Dehousing (2,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dehousing paper, as it offered support to them in their battle to save the strategic bomber offensive, which had been under attack from others in the high command

Midnight Eagle (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Japan since The Precipice in 1958. A top secret American forces strategic bomber known as "Midnight Eagle" suddenly vanishes in the Japanese Hida Mountains

461st Air Control Wing (2,515 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

715th Weapons Squadron (1,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber. The squadron moved into the jet age when it received new, swept wing

Luftwaffe (15,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stopping production in the armaments factories Wever began planning for a strategic bomber force and sought to incorporate strategic bombing into a war strategy

Michael E. Brown (political scientist) (474 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

the author of several books: Flying Blind: The Politics of the U.S. Strategic Bomber Program, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. ISBN 9780801422850

Air Force Global Strike Command (2,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

command began operations in August 2009, combining the nuclear-capable strategic bomber force previously operated by Air Combat Command (ACC) and the land-based

Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (1,478 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sub-command of the disbanded MAC. Thus, MAAF retained a long-range "strategic" bomber force, a "coastal" anti-shipping force, and a "tactical" close air

397th Bombardment Wing (2,005 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 422–423 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

65th Special Operations Squadron (3,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber. It replaced them with new Boeing B-47E Stratojet swept-wing medium

List of X-planes (1,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Northrop Grumman USAF Manned bomber Proposal for a new-generation strategic bomber. Design only. X-48 Boeing NASA 2007 Blended Wing Body (BWB) X-49 SpeedHawk

924th Air Refueling Squadron (1,485 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 3 October 2013. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Plattsburgh Air Force Base (2,370 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

July 1955 – 25 June 1966 and 1 July 1986 – 1 July 1991) (later 530th Strategic Bomber Training Squadron, Combat Crew Training Squadron) 531st Bombardment

Bell Aircraft (2,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

engine fighter Bell B-29 Superfortress 1943 668 Four piston engine strategic bomber Bell 30 1943 3 Prototype single piston engine helicopter Bell XP-77

494th Air Expeditionary Group (2,254 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons. pp. 716–717 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Alakurtti (air base) (651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

monitored by the US intelligence community for development into a strategic bomber base capable of reaching the US, but Soviet Long Range Aviation began

Nuclear-powered aircraft (2,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revealed to be the conventional Myasishchev M-50 Bounder, a medium-range strategic bomber that performed like the United States Air Force-operated B-58 Hustler

Northrop Grumman RQ-180 (1,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

believed to be related to the LRS-B program, which will have a new strategic bomber operate with a "family of systems" including a Long Range Stand Off

XX Bomber Command (2,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

United States Branch United States Army Air Forces Role Command of strategic bomber units Part of Twentieth Air Force Engagements China-Burma-India Theater

17th Training Wing (2,598 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

98th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (1,329 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Base, Kansas. Inactivated in 1963 when Strategic Air Command's medium strategic bomber forces began to be drawn down in favor of ICBMs. In 1985 the 98th was

810th Strategic Aerospace Division (3,027 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 717–718 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

913th Air Refueling Squadron (1,676 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Poltava Air Base (2,197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a Tupolev Tu-160 (20 Red), supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber inherited from the former Soviet Union is on display. It is the only

South East Asia Command (2,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Air Force, which was based in China and the US Twentieth Air Force – strategic bomber units based in India – were never controlled by SEAC but their operations

10th Bomber Division (People's Republic of China) (2,642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Air Force of the Eastern Theater Command has installed a new type of strategic bomber] (in Chinese). 23 February 2021. Army Techniques Publication (ATP)

List of nuclear-powered aircraft (391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1-85780-320-4.[page needed] "M-30 Draft strategic bomber - RedStar". www.redstar.gr. "М-60 В.М.Мясищева". www.testpilot.ru.

Arthur Harris (6,672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

General, U.S. Army Air Forces (Arnold), should exercise control of all strategic bomber forces in Europe. Harris received a new directive to ensure continuation

50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (1,705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of military aircraft paraded Xian H-6 strategic bomber along with Chengdu J-7EB fighter Xian H-6 strategic bomber Xian H-6 refueling aircraft/Shenyang

List of German aircraft projects, 1939–1945 (4,952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

290 (two airworthy prototypes) Junkers Ju 488 proposed four-engine strategic bomber Junkers EFo 8 (Entwicklung Flugzeug) Junkers EFo 9 Hubjäger (German:

Steve Trevor (3,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leaves her his father's watch as a keepsake before hijacking a German strategic bomber containing the gas and sacrificing himself to incinerate it at a safe

Regimental Reconnaissance Company (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) called in an orbiting B-1B strategic bomber to 'pummel' the insurgents, and an estimated 100 were killed in the

915th Air Refueling Squadron (2,269 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Index. Retrieved 9 May 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Independent Air Force (1,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Force should be set up, independent of the Army and Navy and that a strategic bomber force should be formed whose sole purpose was to attack Germany. Following

484th Air Expeditionary Wing (2,700 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, p. 415 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Kawanishi H8K (1,809 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

d'aller jusqu'à Pearl Harbor (3)" [The Kawanishi H8K Emily: The Only Strategic Bomber Capable of Reaching Pearl Harbor, Part 3]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in

509th Bomb Wing (2,593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 509th Bombardment Wing, Medium and began receiving the FB-111A strategic bomber in December 1970. The FB-111A was the all-weather strategic bombing

No. 7 Squadron RAF (2,151 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

RAF Honington in Suffolk in December that year, flying them in the Strategic Bomber role until disbanding in 1962. 7 Squadron was eventually reformed in

Force de dissuasion (2,657 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aviation Vautour IIB bombers. They were considered marginal for a strategic bomber role, and work began almost immediately on a replacement resulting

379th Air Expeditionary Wing (3,115 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

28th Bomb Squadron (3,664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Command. The 28th flies the Rockwell B-1B Lancer intercontinental strategic bomber. It is the largest bomb squadron in the Air Force. The squadron's mission

Focke-Wulf (1,819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

never built, 1943. Focke-Wulf Fw P.03.10206 – series of long-range strategic bomber projects, 1944. Focke-Wulf Fw P.03.10221-15 – large capacity strategic

George Edwards (aviation) (477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

military transport, Varsity trainer, Viscount airliners and Valiant strategic bomber. He later became managing director of the company, during which time

Belly landing (2,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the crash. On 8 May 2006, a United States Air Force B-1 Lancer strategic bomber landed on the atoll of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean without lowering

37th (1,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

37th Air Army of the High Supreme Command (Strategic Purpose), the strategic bomber force of the Russian Air Force from 1998 to 2009 37th Air Division

456th Bombardment Wing (2,779 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 152–153 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Airborne aircraft carrier (1,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dnieper that had been captured by German forces. The B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was at one point in the 1950s intended to function as an airborne aircraft

Bison (disambiguation) (851 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

jet for the Indian Air Force Myasishchev M-4, a Soviet Cold War-era strategic bomber, NATO reporting name Bison Operation Bison (Jammu & Kashmir 1948),

Alert crew (1,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the end of the Cold War, in addition to the alert posture of their strategic bomber fleets, the United States and other nations drastically scaled back

Big Stink (aircraft) (1,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

leading expert on the predicted effects of nuclear weapons. A FB-111A strategic bomber of the USAF 509th Bomb Wing, serial 67–7195, carried both the name

BRANE (133 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Airborne computer built by IBM in the 1950s for the B-52 strategic bomber

39th Air Base Wing (2,634 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 25 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

RAF Upper Heyford (3,657 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

war reparations. Upper Heyford was one of the sites chosen for a new strategic bomber force capable of attacking targets in France. Upper Heyford was intended

North American F-82 Twin Mustang (9,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

seen as an interim solution to SAC's fighter escort mission for its strategic bomber force and also as an all-weather air defense interceptor. Early attempts

42nd Air Refueling Squadron (1,918 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Smith, p. 45 Narducci, p. 3 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

RAF Fairford (3,613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

War, the airfield was transferred to the United States Air Force for strategic bomber operations. A 10,000-foot (3,000 m) runway was constructed for long-range

900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (1,730 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Strategic Air Command (film) (2,035 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

point of the script) the duties and responsibilities of an Air Force strategic bomber pilot, and the demands such service places on family life. Mann later

916th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (1,993 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

42nd Air Refueling Squadron (1,918 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Smith, p. 45 Narducci, p. 3 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (1,730 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

List of United States Air Force installations (5,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This change reflects a Cold War expansion, retirement of much of the strategic bomber force, and the post–Cold War draw-down. Over time, the USAF has constantly

Piaggio P.108 (4,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the history of Italian aviation, as it was the only four-engine strategic bomber used by the Regia Aeronautica during World War II. It was a development

Bartini T-117 (469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a shortage of ASh-7 engines which were needed for the Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which had been given priority on the personal directive of Joseph

462d Air Expeditionary Group (2,656 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, 665–666 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

916th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (1,993 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

53rd Electronic Warfare Group (3,489 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 25 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Coventry Blitz (3,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

14 November combined several innovations which influenced all future strategic bomber raids during the war.: 118 These were: The use of pathfinder aircraft

Nikolai Kuznetsov (engineer) (948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Antonov An-22 aircraft, A-90 Orlyonok Ekranoplane and the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber among others. The later models produced around 15,000 kW. In 1954,

George Scratchley Brown (6,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which resulted in the F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft and the B-1B strategic bomber aircraft. Brown emphasized the need of the modernization of United

351st Missile Wing (2,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Air Combat Command's 509th Bomb Wing, operating the B-2 Spirit strategic bomber. The 351st Missile Wing and its three squadrons of Minuteman II ICBMs

319th Reconnaissance Wing (3,785 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

2014. Maurer, pp. 148–149 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

410th Air Expeditionary Wing (3,348 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, p. 631 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

R.I. Bong Air Force Base (10,640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

#1 rating in case of an enemy nuclear strike. "There's little doubt strategic bomber base like Bong would be the first thing you'd go for if you were the

Tupolev Tu-144 (9,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

systems. The crew was able to perform an emergency landing at Engels-2 strategic bomber base.: 60 On 12 November 1981, a Tu-144D's RD-36-51 engine was destroyed

Spirit AeroSystems (2,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

division was responsible for the construction of several models of strategic bomber aircraft including the B-29 Superfortress, B-47 Stratojet, and B-52

823d Air Division (3,309 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

430–431 Ravenstein, pp. 172–173 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

116th Air Control Wing (3,239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

converted from the F-15 Eagle fighters to the Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber and moved 110 miles south to Robins Air Force Base near Warner Robins

70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (2,857 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

71st Air Refueling Squadron (1,837 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Knaack, p. 252 Smith, p. 45 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Red Storm Rising (2,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of NATO via the reopened sea lanes. By this point Soviet tank and strategic bomber formations have taken punishing losses, forcing them to further cede

2nd Bomb Wing (3,515 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

922nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (1,881 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

March 2014. Knaack, p. 252 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Tupolev Tu-104 (4,016 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tupolev OKB, which based their new airliner on its Tu-16 "Badger" strategic bomber. The wings, engines, and tail surfaces of the Tu-16 were retained with

344th Air Refueling Squadron (2,772 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

72nd Air Base Wing (3,169 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Squadrons, p. 269 Mueller, p. 140 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

5th Bomb Wing (3,473 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

March 2014. Knaack, p. 282 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Avro 720 (1,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

potential capability of, and thus the threat posed by, the growing Soviet strategic bomber fleet and that nation's newly developed atomic weapons, the British

97th Air Mobility Wing (3,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

airspace of the Soviet Union in 1954. The last B-50 assigned to the strategic bomber forces left the 97th wing on 20 October 1955. The bomb wing conducted

Tupolev Tu-134 (2,350 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

early Soviet airliners could be traced directly to the Tupolev Tu-16 strategic bomber, and the Tu-134 carried over the glass nose for the navigator and the

World War II and American animation (3,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

convinced that the only way to win the war was the use of a long range strategic bomber force. Disney thought it his patriotic duty to spread the word of this

328th Weapons Squadron (2,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber.[citation needed] The squadron received Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bombers

1st Antisubmarine Squadron (1,602 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

917th Air Refueling Squadron (2,288 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 19 June 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

416th Air Expeditionary Wing (2,798 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 5 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

List of NATO exercises (3,291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cold Response. Suspended due to the pandemic. Bomber Task Force. Strategic bomber mission held since 2018 for U.S. integration with NATO allies. Atlantic

902nd Air Refueling Squadron (1,778 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

List of World War II military aircraft of Germany (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prototype 1 1934 He 72 with NACA cowling 177 Heinkel He 177 Greif heavy/strategic bomber production 1169 1939 engine problems until major redesign 219 Heinkel

306th Strategic Wing (3,653 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 430–431 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Strategic Air Forces Command (1,911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aviation Vautour IIB bombers. These were considered marginal for a strategic bomber role and work began almost immediately on a replacement. In May 1956

Saarbrücken (4,677 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-3-406-62520-6. Retrieved 22 July 2012. "Development of the Strategic Bomber". RAF History – Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. 13 March 2006. Archived

Lancer (disambiguation) (741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

fights with a lance. Lancer may also refer to: Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a strategic bomber used by the United States Air Force Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer, a late-1960s

306th Strategic Wing (3,653 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 430–431 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Strategic Air Forces Command (1,911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aviation Vautour IIB bombers. These were considered marginal for a strategic bomber role and work began almost immediately on a replacement. In May 1956

List of World War II military aircraft of Germany (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prototype 1 1934 He 72 with NACA cowling 177 Heinkel He 177 Greif heavy/strategic bomber production 1169 1939 engine problems until major redesign 219 Heinkel

310th Air Refueling Squadron (1,957 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

p. 39 Kipp, et al., p. 53 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Ivan Yarygin (1,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber named after Yarygin

Strategic bombing during World War II (22,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the four-engine strategic bomber program. However, in 1939 the Bomber B program sought to produce a twin-engined strategic bomber that could carry nearly-equivalent

Daimler-Benz DB 605 (2,448 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Smith, J Richard and Eddie J. Creek. Heinkel He 177 Greif: Heinkel's Strategic Bomber. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-1-903223-93-2

920th Air Refueling Squadron (2,088 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 18 July 2013. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

List of active Russian military aircraft (3,516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2022. "Russian manufacturer creates first full-size model of future strategic bomber — source". TASS. 1 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June

J-XX (1,914 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Confirms China Developing Stealthy Tactical Bomber In Addition To Strategic Bomber". The Drive. Episkopos, Mark (22 November 2019). "China's Mysterious

Northrop YF-23 (6,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, which favored a long-range strategic bomber with much greater range. The USAF has since moved on to the Next-Generation

Bomber Mafia (2,304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Bomber" Harris General Walther Wever, the prime proponent of a Luftwaffe strategic bomber force RAF Bomber Command Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, British believer

Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (22,244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bomber aircraft in Tatarstan. 19 April: A Russian Tu-22M3 long range strategic bomber crashed in Stavropol Krai while returning to base, killing one crew

1958 in aviation (5,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

had stayed home with a bout of bronchitis. The Handley Page Victor strategic bomber began to enter squadron service with the Royal Air Force. April 6 –

Timeline of World War II (1943) (4,779 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

examples of the planned Convair B-36 six-engined intercontinental strategic bomber. 24: Hamburg, Germany, is heavily bombed in Operation Gomorrah, which

1966 in aviation (4,798 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Strategic Air Command retires its last B-47 Stratojet. The first all-jet strategic bomber, the B-47 had served since 1951. The U.S. Navy moves Yankee Station

449th Air Expeditionary Group (3,543 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 311–312 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

United States Army Air Forces (18,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

infrastructure it considered vulnerable to a sustained campaign. A strategic bomber requirement of 7,500 aircraft, which included the intercontinental

Tupolev Tu-114 (3,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that had a range of 8,000 km (4,971 mi), based on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber, powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines driving contra-rotating propellers

340th Flying Training Group (3,924 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 413–414 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Kh-55 (3,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

original on 25 February 2008, retrieved 6 February 2009 "Russia's strategic bomber fleet achieves new heights", Jane's Intelligence Review, 1 March 2000

Farman F.220 (1,609 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

strategique français de 1940: Farman 220 – 221 – 222" [The French Strategic Bomber of 1940: The Farman 220 – 221 – 222]. Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation

Renovation of the nuclear weapon arsenal of the United States (947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

102 for Ohio-class submarines to carry missiles 55 to 100 for a new strategic bomber to succeed the B2 10 to 20 for a Long Range Stand Off Weapon LRSO standoff

95th Air Base Wing (3,957 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Ryazan (4,549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

locomotives are common transportation used throughout Russia. The Dyagilevo strategic bomber base is just west of the city, and the Alexandrovo air base is to the

509th Operations Group (2,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

President Harry S. Truman wasn't willing to risk extensive use of the USAF strategic bomber force, which was being used as a deterrent for possible Soviet aggression

301st Fighter Squadron (2,570 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 592–593 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

718th Bombardment Squadron (1,803 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

March 2014. Knaack, p. 252 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Saunders-Roe SR.53 (3,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

potential capability of, and thus the threat posed by, the growing Soviet strategic bomber fleet and that nation's newly developed atomic weapons, the British

Borisovsky Khotilovo air base (1,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of receiving any type of Russian military aircraft, including the strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160. On 1 June 2005 a Mikoyan MiG-31 based here crash-landed

Horten Ho 229 (3,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were occupied with producing the design for a new turbojet-powered strategic bomber in response to the Amerikabomber competition. All of the subsequent

Spilsby (5,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

20 September 1943. Later used by the United States Air Force as a strategic bomber base until 1958, the airfield was finally demolished in the late 1970s

91st Missile Wing (4,130 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Combat Squadrons, pp. 401–402 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Robert Bartini (1,822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Medium-range bomber flying boat (1955) A-57 (Draft) Jet-powered flying boat strategic bomber with a range of 14,000 kilometers (8,700 mi) (1957) AL-40 (Draft) Nuclear-powered

116th Operations Group (3,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters to the Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber and moved 110 miles south to Robins Air Force Base near Warner Robins

Ural Mountains in Nazi planning (2,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ural bomber, a mid-to-late 1930s design competition for a Luftwaffe strategic bomber with the Urals as its maximum range Hitler, 5–6 January 1942 Kater

VF-1 Valkyrie (3,449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the real world XB-70 Valkyrie, which was an experimental supersonic strategic bomber developed in the United States in the 1960s. The VF-1 was created entirely

Lockheed F-94 Starfire (5,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

service in 1949 after the Soviet Union displayed the Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, a reversed-engineered version of the B-29 Superfortress, some of which

92nd Air Refueling Squadron (2,669 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 24 August 2017. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

French Air and Space Force (9,790 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grouping all FCA units. The Dassault Mirage IV, the principal French strategic bomber, was designed to strike Soviet positions as part of the French nuclear

Allied invasion of Italy (7,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

every available aircraft to support the Fifth Army, including the strategic bomber force. Over 1,000 tons of bombs were dropped during the daylight hours

Cabin pressurization (5,760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

used for other purposes. The US Boeing B-29 Superfortress long range strategic bomber was first into bomb service. The control system for this was designed

384th Air Refueling Squadron (2,676 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 26 November 2021. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Northrop Grumman X-47B (3,928 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

version intended for the Navy's UCLASS project or as an Air Force strategic bomber. Data from General characteristics Crew: None aboard (semi-autonomous

Second Schweinfurt raid (1,988 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-1-57488-716-7. Price, Alfred (2005) [1973]. Battle over the Reich: The Strategic Bomber Offensive over Germany. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-1-903223-47-5.

Kazan (8,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

four-engine Russian mainliner, Tupolev-160 "Black Jack" supersonic strategic bomber and Tu-22M tactical bomber were also produced here. Both these plants

9K720 Iskander (7,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

«Искандеров»". РИАМО (in Russian). Retrieved 15 August 2024. "Russian strategic bomber to extend Kinzhal hypersonic missile's range — source". TASS. 18 July

26th Space Aggressor Squadron (3,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

squadron received the new Convair B-36B Peacemaker intercontinental strategic bomber. It upgraded to the jet-assisted B-36D in 1950, then the B-36J-III

McCoy Air Force Base (6,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consistent with earlier SAC guidance, issued in 1954, to avoid basing strategic bomber forces within 250 miles of the Atlantic or Gulf Coasts, although this

Tor missile system (6,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft suggesting it as a possible cause of the loss of a Tu-22MR strategic bomber, shot down by Georgian air-defences while on a reconnaissance mission

Estonia–Ichkeria relations (884 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

democratic election in a landslide had been the commander of the 23rd Strategic Bomber Division in Tartu. In Tartu, Dudayev learned the Estonian language

Ukrainian Air Force (8,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Forces in Europe (CFE) terms. Faced with difficulties maintaining a strategic bomber fleet, Ukraine was forced to scrap part of their bomber fleet under

325th Weapons Squadron (1,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

November 1950. Re-equipped with Convair B-36 Peacemaker intercontinental strategic bomber in 1951. Engaged in training operations on a worldwide scale; being

List of sole survivors of aviation accidents and incidents (2,789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aeroflot Flight 811 when it collided mid-air with a Tupolev Tu-16K strategic bomber over Amur Oblast. She survived the 5,220 (17,130 ft) meter fall, and

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (19,440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Defense Review and subsequent developments, in lieu of a larger subsonic strategic bomber with a much greater range; this became the Next-Generation Bomber,

Bilevel optimization (2,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

defense, like strategic offensive and defensive force structure design, strategic bomber force structure, and allocation of tactical aircraft to missions. The

Technology during World War II (7,214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

invasion. Nazi Germany put into production only one large, long-range strategic bomber (the Heinkel He 177 Greif, with many delays and problems), while the

128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (4,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

converted from the F-15 Eagle fighters to the Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic bomber and moved 110 miles south to Robins Air Force Base east og Warner Robins

97th Air Refueling Squadron (2,489 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 13 December 2023. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

6th Air Refueling Squadron (3,116 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Air Refueling Squadron). "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Heathrow Airport (16,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

There were no casualties. On 1 October 1956, XA897, an Avro Vulcan strategic bomber of the Royal Air Force, crashed at Heathrow after an approach in bad

Ron Dellums (6,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alameda in his own district. The B-2 Stealth Bomber is a long-range strategic bomber, that features stealth technology that makes it far less visible to

Beale Air Force Base (7,515 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was forcing a review of the Defense Budget and by consolidating the strategic bomber force, also retiring older Stratofortresses, a significant cost reduction

List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2020–present) (23,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

"Russian strategic bomber crashes in Siberia, killing one crew member". Reuters. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024. "Russian Strategic Bomber Crashes

Strategic Air Command Elite Guard (991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was minimal or nonexistent. During his initial inspection of the SAC strategic bomber fleet at Offutt Air Force Base in 1948, LeMay reported that at one

Panavia Tornado (17,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

role, and was still looking for a replacement for its Avro Vulcan strategic bomber and Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft. Britain and France had initiated

Allied invasion of Sicily (13,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

armies. Once the Axis forces had been defeated in Tunisia, the Allied strategic bomber force commenced attacks on the principal airfields of Sardinia, Sicily

Boeing 747 (18,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

considered by the U.S. Air Force during the development of the B-1 Lancer strategic bomber. It would have been equipped with 50 to 100 AGM-86 ALCM cruise missiles

559th Bombardment Squadron (1,703 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Bristol Brabazon (4,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to fly their B-36 Peacemaker, a large strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force. During December 1948, the

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle (12,520 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

No 69 Squadron, succeeding the F-4 Phantom II. It is used akin to a strategic bomber due to its long range, high munition capacity and advanced systems

George Kenney (6,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Southwest Pacific was not a promising theater of war for the strategic bomber. The bombers of the day did not have the range to reach Japan from

1937 in aviation (6,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

authorizes the Heinkel firm's P.1041 design as the winner of the "Bomber A" strategic bomber competition for the Luftwaffe, issuing the airframe type number 8-177

Bernhardt Line (3,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Allied air force, which was establishing a large number of strategic bomber bases around Foggia. The Eighth Army attacked across the Trigno on

Battles of Rzhev (5,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sort of full authority to use the air forces, except the long-ranged strategic bomber units which were still under direct command of the Soviet Stavka. After

Gas turbine (12,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A400M transport, Lockheed AC-130 and the 60-year-old Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber. While military turboprop engines can vary, in the civilian market

Canada and weapons of mass destruction (4,536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

has decreased significantly with the decline of the intercontinental strategic bomber threat. In the 1950s the RCAF contributed fourteen squadrons of CF-100

Four-engined jet aircraft (3,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

complicates the wing structure. The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bomber has all four turbofans buried within its wing (as a flying wing, the

North American A-5 Vigilante (5,276 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 1-84176-749-2. Siuru, William. "Vigilante: Farewell to the Fleet's Last Strategic Bomber!" Airpower, Volume 11, No. 1, January 1981. Taylor, John W. R. Jane's

425th Bombardment Squadron (1,006 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Louis A. Johnson (5,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

action by openly questioning the ability of the Air Force's latest strategic bomber, the Convair B-36, to penetrate Soviet airspace. The USAF countered

Dmitry Ustinov (2,456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

needed] He was also placed in charge of developing the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and intercontinental ballistic missile system. Ustinov was known

Operation Downfall (11,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Twentieth Air Force was to have continued its role as the main Allied strategic bomber force used against the Japanese home islands, operating from airfields

No. 24 Squadron (Finland) (2,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

were concentrated against the Finns in the immediate area. The Soviet strategic bomber command, ADD, also supported the operations. The Finnish Air Force

909th Air Refueling Squadron (3,334 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 11 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

American theater (World War II) (7,339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

aircraft companies for its Amerikabomber program, in which a long-range strategic bomber would strike the continental United States from the Azores (more than

United States Armed Forces (18,752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Texas Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) Operates the Air Force strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile forces. Air Force component

906th Air Refueling Squadron (3,545 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 4 March 2014. "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Air Defense Identification Zone (North America) (1,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Andersen Air Force Base, which is one of two major U.S. Air Force strategic bomber bases in the Asia Pacific region, the other being Diego Garcia which

330th Combat Training Squadron (1,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber. Received Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bombers in 1954, and in 1955 began

Bombing of Berlin in World War II (5,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Doolittle, had implemented a major change in fighter defense of USAAF strategic bomber formations that had bolstered the confidence of U.S. strategic bombing

Sud Aviation Vautour (3,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

which had been established during 1955. However, their use in the strategic bomber role was determined to be less than optimal; allegedly, the Vautour's

1966 (11,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the March Against Fear. June 8 A North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber prototype is destroyed in a mid-air collision with an F-104 Starfighter

Nuclear warfare (13,717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Several scares about the increasing ability of the Soviet Union's strategic bomber forces surfaced during the 1950s. The defensive response by the United

Apapelgino (1,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to create a ring of air bases around the Arctic for the use of its strategic bomber fleet during the Cold War. During the Cold War, this airfield formed

North American P-51 Mustang (16,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

school of thought favored a heavily up-armed "gunship" conversion of a strategic bomber. A single-engined, high-speed fighter with the range of a bomber was

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (16,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hornisse but these measures did not have much effect on the American strategic bomber offensive. The Me 262, however, had moderate success against the B-17

42nd Air Base Wing (6,803 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

March 2014. Knaack, p. 252 "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Russo-Georgian War (22,562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and scrapped). 2 Su-24M strike aircraft: (2, destroyed). 1 Tu-22M3 strategic bomber: (1, destroyed). Helicopters (2, of which destroyed: 2) 1 Mi-8MT transport

429th Attack Squadron (1,845 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Schake, p. 220 (note 43) "Abstract (Unclassified), History of the Strategic Bomber since 1945 (Top Secret, downgraded to Secret)". Air Force History Index

Operation Barbarossa order of battle (1,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

defence and ground support operations it performed well, but failed in strategic bomber and naval operations owing to a lack of doctrine. Within a few weeks

Zoltán Dani (2,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the battery received unconfirmed reports that they hit a USAF B-2 strategic bomber[page needed] which supposedly had crashed in Croatia near the border

75th Ranger Regiment (12,821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the Ranger team, whose attached JTAC called in an orbiting B-1B strategic bomber. The airplane killed an estimated 100 insurgents, but not Haqqani.

Donald L. Mallick (2,057 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration strategic bomber, designed in the late 1950s by North American Aviation (NAA). The six-engined

Operation Rolling Thunder (10,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

airmen were already upset that Westmoreland was ordering "the greatest strategic bomber ever built" into a ground support role, but then to have a naval officer

Long-Range Aviation (4,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

building first stealth bomber: State media". "Russia finalises new strategic bomber design". 5 April 2021. "Russian Military Forces: Interactive Map".