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NASA has retired the specially outfitted B-52 that launched research aircraft from the X- 15 rocket planes of the 1960s to the scramjet-powered X-43A.
The oldest B-52 still flying, the 49- year-old plane is expected to go on display near the north gate to Edwards, where the giant jet had served NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for 45 years.See the full content of this document
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Storied B-52 Being Retired
"It has seen and actively participated in more history than any airplane in the world,' said Brig. Gen. Curtis Bedke, Edwards' Air Force Flight Test Center commander, in a cerem...
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