Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Pengebom strategis buatan Boeing
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress merupakan pesawat pengebom strategis jarak jauh pengintai (reconnaissance aircraft) bermesin delapan yang digunakan oleh Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat (USAF) sejak 1954, menggantikan Convair B-36 dan Boeing B-47. Walaupun dibuat untuk peran era Perang Dingin, pencegahan perang nuklir, pemakaian konvensionalnya pada masa kini adalah semakin penting dalam operasi-operasi USAF, di mana jarak jangkaunya yang jauh, muatan senjata beratnya, dan biaya operasionalnya yang ekonomis (dibanding dengan armada kapal pengebom strategis USAF yang lain) sangat berguna.
| Tipe | Pesawat pengebom |
|---|---|
| Terbang perdana | 15 April 1952 |
| Status | Aktif: 85[1] Cadangan: 9[1] |
| Pengguna utama | Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat |
| Pengguna lain | NASA |
| Tahun produksi | 1952-1962 |
| Jumlah produksi | 744[2] |
| Harga satuan | US$14.43 million (B-52B)[3] $9.28 million in 1962 (B-52H) $53.4 million in 1998 (B-52H)[4] |
Spesifikasi
Data dari Quest for Performance[3][5]
Ciri-ciri umum
- Kru: 5 Pilot, kopilot, navigator radar, navigator, dan Electronic Warfare Officer.
- Panjang: 159 ft 4 inci
- Rentang sayap: 185 ft 0 in
- Tinggi: 40 ft 8 in
- Luas sayap: 4,000 ft²
- Airfoil: NACA 63A219.3 mod root, NACA 65A209.5 tip
- Berat kosong: 185,000 lb
- Berat isi: 265,000 lb
- Berat maksimum saat lepas landas: 488,000 lb
- Mesin: 8 × Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3/103 turbofans, 17,000 lbf masing-masing
- * Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0119 (estimated)
- Drag area: 47.60 ft² (4.42 m²)
- Aspect ratio: 8.56
Kinerja
- Laju maksimum: 560 kt (650 mph, 1,000 km/h [6])
- Radius tempur: 4,480 mi (3,890 NM, 7,210 km)
- Jangkauan feri: 10,145 mi (8,764 nm, 16,232 km)
- Langit-langit batas: 50,000 ft[6]
- Laju tanjak: 6,270 ft/min.[7]
- Beban sayap: 30 lb/ft²
- Dorongan/berat: 0.51
- Lift-to-drag ratio: 21.5 (estimated)
Persenjataan
Catatan kaki
- ^ a b Mehuron 2007, p. 62.
- ^ Knaack, 1988, p. 291.
- ^ a b Knaack 1988
- ^ B-52 Stratofortress Retrieved: 2 October 2007.
- ^ Loftin, LK, Jr. Quest for performance: The evolution of modern aircraft. NASA SP-468. [1] Retrieved: 22 April 2006.
- ^ a b c Air Force Fact Sheet
- ^ Baugher, Joe. Boeing B-52H Stratofortress. Retrieved: 12 October 2007.
Daftar pustaka
- Bowers, Peter M. "Boeing B-52A/H Stratofortress". Aircraft in Profile, Volume 13. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1973, p. 241-265. ISBN 0-85383-022-3.
- Budiansky, Stephen. Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas that Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Iraq. New York: Penguin Books, 2004. ISBN 0-670-03285-9.
- Cooke, David C. How Airplanes are Made. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956.
- Davis, Larry. B-52 Stratofortress in action. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1992. ISBN 0-89747-289-6.
- Development of the B-52: The Wright Field Story
- Dick, Ron and Patterson, Dan. Aviation Century: War & Peace In The Air. Eden Prairie, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2006. ISBN 1-55046-430-2.
- Donald, David. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
- Drendel, Lou. B-52 Stratofortress in action. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1975. ISBN 0-89747-022-2.
- Ethell, Jeffrey L. B-52 Stratofortress. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1989. ISBN 0-85368-937-7.
- Flynn, Kelly J. Proud to Be: My Life, the Air Force, the Controversy. New York: Random House, 1997. ISBN 0-375-50109-6.
- Futrell, R.F, Greenhalgh, W.H, Grubb, C., Hasselwander, G.E., Jakob, R.F. and Ravenstein, C.A. The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia – Aces and Aerial victories, 1965-1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1976. ISBN 0-89875-884-X.
- Hobson, Chris. Vietnam Air Losses, USAF, USN, USMC, Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia 1961–1973. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2001. ISBN 1-85780-115-6.
- Knaack, Marcelle Size. Post-World War II Bombers, 1945-1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1988. ISBN 0-16-002260-6. Post-World War II Bombers, 1945-1973 (PDF).
- Lloyd, Alwyn T. B-52 Stratofortress in Detail and Scale Vol. 27. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1988. ISBN 0-8306-8037-3.
- Marshall, L. Michel. The Eleven Days of Christmas: America's Last Vietnam Battle. San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2002. ISBN 1-893554-24-4.
- Mehuron, Tamar A., Assoc. Editor. "2007 USAF Almanac – Equipment." Air Force Magazine, Journal of the Air Force Association, Vol. 90, Issue 5, May 2007. ISSN: 0730-6784.
- Winchester, Jim, ed. "Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (SAC) ". Military Aircraft of the Cold War (The Aviation Factfile). London: Grange Books plc, 2006. ISBN 1-84013-929-3.
Lihat pula
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai B-52 Stratofortress.
- USAF B-52 Fact Sheet at Minot AFB
- B-52 page on GlobalSecurity.com
- B-52 Stratofortress history on fas.org
- B-52 profile on AerospaceWeb.org
- Analysis of Fairchild AFB crash
- Tribute to the B-52, YB-52 to B-52H
- B-52 Stratofortress Association Website
- AFA Air Force Magazine, Almanac Edition May 2007
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