B-52

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B-52
heavy bomber that has eight jet engines (frequently used by the US Air Force); (Slang) woman's hairstyle that looks like a beehive


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B-52 (disambiguation)
B-52 may refer to:B-52 Stratofortress, a strategic bomber aircraft designed by BoeingList of surviving B-52 Stratofortresses, B-52s on static display at museums and air basesList of B-52 Units of the United States Air ForceUSAF units that have flown the strategic bomberB-52 Stratofortress triviapopular culture references to the StratofortressB-52 (hairstyle), a hairstyle, named after the aircraftThe B-52's, a rock band, named after the hairstyle named after the aircraftB-52 (cocktail)
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B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonicturbojetstrategic bomber flown by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955.Beginning with the successful contract bid on 5 June 1946, the B-52 went through several designs, from a straight wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines, to the final prototype, YB-52, which first flew on 15 April 1952.Built to carry nuclear weapons for Cold War era deterrence missions, the B-52 Stratofortress replaced the Convair B-36. Although a veteran of a number of wars, the Stratofortress dropped only conventional munitions in actual combat. With the longest unrefuelled range of any bomber, the B-52 carries up to 70,000 pounds of weapons.
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B-52
Noun
1. United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber
(hypernym) bomber
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine


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