This RB-52B was only the 15th 'BUFF' produced. On the 21st May 1956 she dropped a 3.75 megatons Mk.15 hydrogen bomb, the first time that a B-52 had been used as a carrier and drop plane for this truly terrifying weapon.
This RB-52B was only the 15th 'BUFF' produced. She dropped a 3.75 megatons Mk.15 hydrogen bomb, the first time that a B-52 had been used as a carrier and drop plane for this truly terrifying weapon.