B-52 BOMBER UNITED STATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001300040003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 24, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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2 November 1965
B-52 BOMBER
UNITED STATES
1. WEAPON CATEGORY:
THE B-52 WAS PRIMARILY DEVELOPED
FOR USE AS A STRATEGIC LONG RANGE
BOMBER, BUT FURTHER MODIFICATIONS
WERE PRODUCED TO HANDLE RECONNAIS-
SANCE AND MISSILE LAUNCHING ROLES.
2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
THE B-52 WAS DESIGNED BY
3. PRODUCTION:
TION PLANTS,
TOTAL OF 74
B-52's OF ALL MODELS PRODUCED.
M-4 (BISON) BOMBER
USSR
THE M-4 DEVELOPED TO FILL A NEED
FOR A LONG RANGE HEAVY JET BOMBER.
FURTHER MODIFICATIONS HAVE ENABLED
A RECONNAISSANCE ROLE.
THE M-4, BISON WAS DESIGNED BY TAE
MYASISHCHEV SPECIAL DESIGN BUREAU
(OKB) WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE MOS-
COW/FILI AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 23.
MOSCOW/FILI AIRFRAME PLANT NO. 23
WAS THE SOLE PRODUCER OF BISON (M-4)
AIRCRAFT. DUE TO THE SHORT PLANT
RUNWAY, (MOSCOW/FILI AIRFIELD) THE
AIRCRAFT WERE EITHER FLOWN OR SHIP-
PED BY BARGE TO THE RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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TEST CENTER FOR FINAL CHECKOUT AND
DELIVERY TO THE SOVIET AIR FORCE.
PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1954-
1961 AND A TOTAL OF 150 AIRCRAFT
WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
(KH-4 PHOTOGRAPHY)
4, MODIFICATION:
MAJOR MODIFICATION OF TAIL STRUC- RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, MOS-
TURES AND WINGS AS WELL AS OVERHAUL COW,
OF B-52'S IS CONDUCTED AT TEE (i_7 PHOTOGRAPHY)
5. DEPLOYMENT:
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, UKRAINA AIRFIELD. ALL MODELS ARE
OHIO. ALL MODELS OF THE B-52 ARE ASSIGNED ONLY TO THE SOVIET LONG
ASSIGNED TO STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND RANGE AIR FORCES.
(KH-7 PHOTOGRAPHY)
I These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) "hey were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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6. FLIGHT TESTING:
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFOR-
NIA.
7. DESCRIPTION:
LENGTH
WING SPAN
MODELS G AND H
CARRIES TWO HOUND DOG ASM
AND QUAIL DIVERSIONARY MIS-
SILES. ALL MODELS ARE EQUIP-
PED WITH EITHER A SINGLE .5
IN. REAR MOUNT OR A QUAD 20
MM. REAR MOUNT.
MAX. BOMBLOAD -- 20,000 LBS
170
19,000
45,000 FT
6,000
600 MPH
4 TURRETS WITH
DUAL 23 MM GUNS.
MAX. BOMBLOAD -- 10,000 LBS
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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CRUISE ALTITUDE --
MAX. ALTITUDE --
MAX. RANGE --
RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, MOS-
COW.
(KH-7 PHOTOGRAPHY)
LENGTH
WING SPAN
--
20,000
CRUISE ALTITUDE --
60,000 FT
MAX. ALTITUDE
--
12,500 NM
MAX. RANGE
--
SPEED -- 66o MPH
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8. PROPULSION:
EIGHT PRATT AND WHITNEY JT 3D (MILI- FOUR RD-3M TURBOJET ENGINES DEVE-
TARY DESIGNATION: TF33) TURBOFAN LOPED BY THE SPECIAL DESIGN BUREAU
ENGINES DEVELOPED FROM THE J57 TUR- OF MIKULIN-TUMANSKIY-ZUBETS AT
BOJET ENGINE. THE THRUST OF THIS EN- EKPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE PLANT
GINE IS RATED AT 21,000 POUNDS STATIC NO. 300 IN MOSCOW. THE RD-3M IS
THRUST.
THE MAIN PRATT AND WHITNEY
PRODUCTION PLANT IS LOCATED IN
ENGINE WHICH WAS QUALIFIED BY EARLY
1953, BUT THIS WAS LATER REPLACED
BY THE RD-3M WHICH QUALIFIED IN
1955, THE ESTIMATED THRUST IS
19,800 LBS STATIC THRUST.
(KH-4 PHOTOGRAPHY)
PRODUCED AT THE KAZAN AIRCRAFT
ENGINE PLANT NO. 16. BISON INI-
TIALLY UTILIZED THE AM-3 TURBOJET
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.