The B-52B, AF Serial Number 52-8711, akapinda operative basa pamwe 93rd Heavy Bombardment Wing (93rd BW) pana Castle Air Force Base, California, musi 29 June 1955. The bapiro akava operative musi 12 March 1956. The kurovedza nokuti B-52 vashandi vaisanganisira vhiki shanu pasi chikoro uye vhiki ina achibhururuka, kuunganidza 35 kuti 50 maawa mudenga. The itsva B-52Bs akatsiva operative B-36s pamusoro mumwe-to-mumwe.
Castle Air Force Base