Happy Birthday!

1. RESPONDING TO GLOBAL CONFLICT STRATOFORTRESS

2. B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

4. B-24 LIBERATOR

5. B-29 SUPERFORTRESS

6. B-50 SUPERFORTRESS

7. B-36 PEACEMAKER

8. B-47 STRATOJET

9. B-1 LANCER

12. B-2 SPIRIT

14. B-52 STRATOFORTRESS

15. B-52 The ‘BUFF’ Big Ugly Fat Fellow

16. B-52 The ‘Big Stick’ of Freedom For 55 Years

17. B-52 ‘MIDDLE LINEBACKER’ OF OUR DEFENSE

46. ALWAYS VIGILANT Our gratitude to the air crews, their support, and to those magnificent fortresses of flight that have served… so many times… in so many ways.

47. The B-52 ‘Stratofortress’ is arguably the finest military aircraft ever built by standards of weapon system versatility, impact on war policy, range, cost, longevity and reliability of service in hostile environments. Happy 55 th Anniversary of alert duty, Stratofortress. You have served two generations of Americans faithfully.