Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, 60-0009 / 464374, US Air Force
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Registration: 60-0009
Construction Number: 464374
Code Number: 0009
Military Unit: 2nd Air Expeditionary Group, 23 BS 5 BW
Model Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
Operator: US Air Force
Airport: RAF Fairford (FFD / EGVA), UK - England
Photographer: Kev Slade
Date Taken: 16/05/1999
Date Submitted: 04/01/2009
Carried the name 'Rolling Thunder II' and based at Fairford for the Operation 'Nobel Anvil' missions against Serbia. The 23rd BS symbol above the seven Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile mission symbols relates to a 27 December 1935 bombing mission to Hawaii to divert a lava flow from the Mauna Loa volcano away from the city of Hilo.
Picture ID:1150590