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Boeing B-50 Superfortress

Pembom strategis Boeing B-50 Superfortress adalah revisi II pasca-Perang Dunia dari Boeing B-29 Superfortress, dilengkapi dengan mesin radial Pratt & Whitney R-4360 lebih kuat, struktur yang lebih kuat, sirip lebih tinggi, dan perbaikan lainnya. Itu bomber bermesin piston yang terakhir dirancang oleh Boeing untuk Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat. B-50 dalam pelayanan USAF selama hampir 20 tahun.

Setelah layanan utamanya dengan SAC berakhir, B-50 airframes dimodifikasi menjadi kapal tanker udara untuk Tactical Air Command (KB-50) dan sebagai pesawat pengintai cuaca (WB-50) untuk Air Weather Service. Kedua tanker dan versi pemburu badai sudah pensiun Maret 1965 karena kelelahan logam dan korosi ditemukan di puing-puing KB-50J, 48-065, yang jatuh pada tanggal 14 Oktober 1964.[1]

Referensi

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  1. ^ "Serial Number Search, B-50 48-065." rcn.com. Retrieved: 8 August 2010.
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  • Peacock, Lindsay. "The Super Superfort". Air International, Vol. 38, No 4, April 1990, pp. 204–208. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. ISSN 0306-5634.
  • Swanborough, F.G. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam. First edition 1963.
  • Willis, David. "Warplane Classic: Boeing B-29 and B-50 Superfortress". International Air Power Review, Volume 22, 2007, pp. 136–169. Westport, Connecticut: AIRtime Publishing. ISSN 1473-9917. ISBN 978-1-880588-93-2.

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