Ko te putanga whakahaere tuatahi ko te B-52B i whakawhanakehia i te taha ki te tauira mai i 1951. tuatahi rere i roto i Hakihea 1954, B-52B, AF Tau Serial 52-8711, tomo mahi mahi ki 93rd Heavy Bombardment Wing (93rd BW) i Castle Air Force Base, California, i runga i 29 Pipiri 1955. tomo te parirau mahi i runga i 12 Maehe 1956. te whakangungu mō ngā kaimahi B-52 ngā o rima wiki o te kura whenua, me te wha wiki o rere, kohikohi 35 ki te 50 haora i roto i te rangi. whakakapi te B-52Bs hou B-36s whakahaere i runga i te kotahi-ki-kotahi. i ngā mahi i te timatanga tika raruraru; i roto i tua ki te supply hangarau, i reira i ano hoki ngā take Ramps. ka pakaru ngā take taxi i raro i te taumahatanga o te hinu rererangi, ka rere i runga i te rererangi i runga i te pāmahana raro, me te pāmahana i te B-52s i roto i te marama o Hurae 1956; i roto i te pāmahana, i te B-52s i whakaurua
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