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Show f7 ' HILLTOP TIMES Thursday, November 10, 1983 By SMSgt. Mike Griffin AFLC Public Affairs maintenance at San Antonio ALC, Kelly AFB, Texas, as well as Oklahoma City ALC. The Air Force accepted the first of 170 D models June 26, 1956. The Ds were originally designed as SAC's high altitude nuclear bomber. Not 2 much different from their the Ds took on a new predecessors, look when SAC found themselves war" in fighting an "iron-bom- b V- 1 Vietnam. To help the be more effective in its new role, engineers of AFLC worked with the Boeing Company to significantly increase its conventional bomb payload with a modification termed "Project Big Belly." After the modification, the Ds took part in several massive air strikes over North Vietnam. The two best known of these operations were "Linebacker I" and "Linebacker II." "Linebacker I" started in February 1972. The "Big Belly Bombers" were flown out of U Tapao Royal Thai from Andersen AFB, they averaged 3,150 sorties per month. "Linebacker I" finally broke an extended North Vietnamese offensive in June 1972, but it was only a prelude effort in to the final major 2 Southeast Asia "Linebacker II." "Linebacker II" started Dec. 18, from U Tapao 1972, when 42 RTNAB joined 33 Ds and 54 from Andersen AFB in a night radar bombing raid of Hanoi and Haiphong. During the next 11 days, the bombers, some more than 16 years old," were flown on 729 sorties, dropped 15,000 tons of bombs and suffered 15 losses. According to Oklahoma City ALC officials, after returning to a peacetime role, the Ds were nearing the end of their life expectancy. AFLC and SAC chose 80 of the bombers for a major wing and structural modification to extend their lives. From November 1975 through December 1977, Boeing Aircraft Company worked on the modification. tenure, they Navy Air Base, Thailand, and During the Andersen AFB, Guam. Along with were serviced on flightlines around r Editor's note: Some of th historical information in this story was extracted from "Boeing 2 A Documentary History" by Walter J. Boyne, Assistant Director, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian B-5- Institution. B-52- -- B-5- B-5- The Air Force has retired all D models of the 2 Stratofortress, after more than 27 years' service. B-5- From the Boeing Military Aircraft manufacturing plants at Wichita, Kan., and Seattle, Wash., to final resting places like England's Imperial War Museum and the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center n at AFB, Ariz., the Ds have, according to Gen. Bennie L. Davis, commander of the Strategic Air Command," "served us long and well in maintaining global peace." Air Force Logistics - Command played a key role in the long life of the It managed the weapon from Oklahoma City Air system Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Okla., and performed major repairs and B-52- Davis-Montha- B-52- D. Air Force receives 3,000; h B-52- D F-1- 5 - F-1- noo engine B-52- . Davis-Montha- B-52- The 3,000th F100 engine, the power plant for the and 6 fighter aircraft, was delivered to the Air Force Oct. 19. It will be installed in the lead 6 for the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team at Nellis AFB, Nev. 'The engine powers more than 800 5 Eagles and .1,000 6 Fighting Falcons for the U.S. Air Force as well as the Air Forces of 10 other countries. F-1- B-52- B-52- , F-1- F-1- the world by SAC technicians. Extensive inspections and maintenance were accomplished by AFLC every 48 months. Additionally, AFLC sent special maintenance teams to SAC bases on several occasions to troubleshoot problems beyond the scope of local maintenance. By the end of July 1983, had racked up 1,473,450 flying hours. Of the original 170 Ds, 46 were either lost in combat, aircraft accidents or were salvaged, 123 are hi storage and one is at the Boeing Company. The engines which roared with such fury for mere than two decades are now silent. Most of the big bombers rest in the desert at n AFB, but some serve as static displays at museums and Air Force bases around the world. They serve as a tribute to the SAC crews who flew them, to the SAC ground crews who kept them flying day after day and to the men and women of AFLC who gave them life. (LOGNEWS) - The 25,000-poun- d thrust engine is the only one in the Air Force, fabricated in modules. Air Force officials: say this reduces field maintenance time because each module can be replaced in the field." Besides the United States, the F100 engines are used by the Air Forces of Belgium, Denmark, the. Netherlands, Norway, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. (AFNS) 1 DIL SCOTT D. PETERSON O OS 253 3 AMUCUIUCES THE CPETJFJG OF HIS NEW PRACTICE Specializing In Contact Lens Care . 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