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USAF Boeing B-52 Stratofortress jet long range nuclear bomber plane taking off at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RIAT, at RAF Fairford, UK Stock Photo - Alamy
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A B52 bomber takes off from an aircraft carrier headed for Japan in World War II Jigsaw Puzzle by Wilf Hardy - Pixels
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A B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft assigned to the 340th Weapons Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, takes off during a U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration exercise at Nellis AFB, Nevada,
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