Academy US Air Force Boeing B-52D 'Stratofortress' Heavy Bomber (1:144)

B-52D Stratofortress

Long-range heavy bomber capable of delivering a nuclear payload, developed by Boeing for the United States Air Force entering military service from 1955. The seventy year old design is expected to remain operational until the 2050s. The B-52D variant was used extensively in the Vietnam war. This release from Academy is from the Minicraft tooling.

M117 air-dropped demolition bombs included. 

Markings for: 

• 55-0675: Retired October 1982, broken up December 1993
• 56-0676: The first B-52 to down a MiG-21 in combat (over North Vietnam) and preserved at Fairchild AFB 
• 55-0677: Preserved at the Yankee Air Museum, Michigan 
• 56-0591: 4925th Test Group (Atomic) "Tommy's Tigator", crashed June 1959 in the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon. Cause, failure of the horizontal stabilizer (tail plane) during low-level flight tests. The crew of five Boeing employees did not survive.

- Plastic Kit Requires Glue & Paint to Complete

- 1:144 Scale

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