B-52 Superfortress/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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Bomber aircraft [r]: Airplanes optimized to deliver weapons to surface targets, rather than to fight other airplanes. ^[e]
Eighth Air Force [r]: The organization currently "owning" the bombers, information operations, and most intelligence aircraft of the United States Air Force; it conducted strategic bombing against Germany in the Second World War ^[e]

Anderson Air Force Base [r]: A major United States Air Force base on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam; a major launching site for ARC LIGHT and Operation Linebacker II B-52 bombers in the Vietnam War; forward base for B-2 Spirit stealth bombers operating in the Western Pacific ^[e]
Barksdale Air Force Base [r]: United States Air Force base in Arkansas, having the headquarters of the Eighth Air Force, commanding strategic bombers, and one of the two B-52 bomber wings ^[e]
Diego Garcia [r]: The largest island of the Chagos Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory (B.I.O.T.), which has had all native inhabitants removed, and is a major U.S. military base; it is the base for a prepositioning ship squadron and a forward base for bomber aircraft and air refueling tankers ^[e]
Minot Air Force Base [r]: Located in North Dakota, it is one of two United States Air Force bases with a B-52 bomber wing, and is administratively under the Eighth Air Force. It also hosts the 91st Space Wing of LGM-30 Minuteman long-range ballistic missiles ^[e]

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 {{r|Eighth Air Force}}
 ==Subtopics==
-{{r|ARC LIGHT}}
+===Basing===
+{{r|Anderson Air Force Base}}
 {{r|Barksdale Air Force Base}}
-{{r|Operation LINEBACKER II}}
+{{r|Diego Garcia}}
 {{r|Minot Air Force Base}}
-{{r|MSQ-77|AN/MSQ-77}}
+===Weapons===
-==Other related topics==
 {{r|AGM-84 Harpoon}}
 {{r|AGM-86 ALCM}}
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 {{r|B61 (nuclear weapon)||**}}
 {{r|B83 (nuclear weapon)||**}}
-{{r|Cold War}}
-{{r|Fusion device}}
 {{r|Joint Direct Action Munition}}
-{{r|Gulf War}}
+===Avionics===
+{{r|ALQ-172}}Radar detection and jamming
+{{r|ALR-20}} 	Radar detection and threat prioritization
+{{r|ALR-46}} 	Radar warning
+{{r|ALQ-155}} 	High power jammer
+{{r|ALQ-122}} 	Deceptive jammer
+{{r|ALR-155}} 	High power jammer
+{{r|ALE-20}} 	Infrared flare decoy dispenser
+{{r|ALE-24}}
+{{r|MSQ-77|AN/MSQ-77}}
+===Operations===
+{{r|Cold War}}
 {{r|Single Integrated Operational Plan}}
 {{r|Strategic Air Command}}
 {{r|United States Strategic Command}}
 {{r|Vietnam War}}
+{{r|ARC LIGHT}}
+{{r|Operation LINEBACKER II}}
+{{r|Gulf War}}
+==Other related topics==