B-52H-150-BW 60-0045 Cherokee Strip II of the 917th Wing, AFRes at Barksdale AFB (Author) First published in Great Britain in 2005 and reprinted in 2012 by Pen & Sword Aviation An imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd 47 Church Street Barnsley South Yorkshire S70 2AS Copyright © Martin W. Bowman, 2005, 2012 Colour Profiles © Dave Windle 2005, 2012 ISBN 978 1 84884 860 3 ISBN 9781848845169 (epub) ISBN 9781844681310 (prc) The right of Martin W. Bowman to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. Printed and bound in India By Replika Press Pvt. Ltd. Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the Imprints of Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, Wharncliffe Local history, Pen & Sword Select, Pen & Sword Military Classics and Leo Cooper. For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Acknowledgements Technical Sergeant Shawn M. Bohannon, 2nd Bomb Wing historian; Denis J. Calvert; Tony Cassanova; Roger Chesneau; DAVA; Peter E. Davies; Jessica D Aurizio, 917th Wing, Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs; Larry Goldstein; Lieutenant Colonel Larry ‘Genghis’ Hahn; Lieutenant Jesse Hildebrand, USAF; Lieutenant Jim Ivie, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs; MSgt. Michael A. Kaplan USAF, Base Multimedia Manager, Burksdale AFB. Colonel Bruce Kintner; Mick Jennings; Sam Kemp, Imperial War Museum Duxford; Pete Kuehl; Lieutenant Colonel Steve Kirkpatrick; Technical Sergeant Barbara Lavigne, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs; Steve Mendham; Frank B. Mormillo; Bob Ogden; Ivan L. McKinney; Paul Richardson; Penny Riches; H. D. Buck Rigg, historian, Barksdale Air force Base; Rockwell International; Graham and Anne Simons of GMS; Jerry Scutts; Andy Stulpa; Anthony Thornborough; Tracey Woods, Imperial War Museum Duxford. B-52H-135-BW 60-0003, the third production B-52H, which was used to captive-carry the GAM-87A Skybolt ALBM which was later cancelled in 1962. On 17 March 1969, now assigned to the 379th Bomb Wing, 60-0003 lost four engines shortly after take-off from Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan. Aircraft commander Major Robert M. Winn, a command pilot with fifteen years of crew duty in SAC, landed the B-52 safely. During SAC duty 60-0003 was Mohawk Valley II of the 416th Bomb Wing, Master Blaster of the 7th Bomb Wing and Sheer Destruction of the 5th Bomb Wing (USAF) Forward starboard main undercarriage bogie. The ‘quadricycle’ landing gear on the B-52 consists of four wheels in front and four in the rear, which are retracted into the fuselage after take-off. The front wheels are steerable for taxiing and take-off and both front and rear can be canted on final approach to accommodate a crosswind (Author)