The B-52B, AF Serial Number 52-8711, ya shiga aiki sabis tare da 93rd Heavy Bombardment Wing (93rd BW) a Castle Air Force Base, California, a kan 29 Yuni 1955. The reshe ya zama aiki a kan 12 Maris 1956. The horo ga B-52 crews kunshi biyar makonni na ƙasa makaranta da kuma hudu makonni na yawo, tarawa 35 zuwa 50 hours a cikin iska. The sabon B-52Bs maye gurbin aiki B-36s a kan wani daya-to-daya.
Gidan Rundunar Sojan Sama na Castle