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Loring Air Force BaseGets First B52 BomberLORING AIR FORCE' BASE. l/Pwith 10-cnginc intercontinental —The waters of the Atlantic heavy bombers, is currently;lhe Pacific Oceans were used today j being rc-cquippcd with tho new to christen this northern Eighth ^ long-range bombers, which Lhe AirAir Force heavy bombardment1 Force said, operate at a speed in base’s first assigned all-jel Boeing excess of 600 miles per hour and B-52v i l rave I over 6,000 miles without re-ITho first 3'jct heavy bomber to j fueling, be permanently stationed on the- The B-32. each of its sight en-castern seaboard was christened gines in the 10,000 pound thrust; '•Slate of Maine” to the accompani- class, can fly in a maximum alti- 1 menl of the Maine Stein Song,”' tudc of some 50.000 feel, ;This base, up until now equipped i The Jiugc bomber, piloted by• Capt. Linwood Wright of Stratton,Maine, and under the command of Brig. Gen. William K- Martin,commander of the 45th Air Division here, roared over the assembled spectators and came in for a smooth landing to taxi up to the reviewing 51 and.Keynote speaker at the ceremo-• nies were Maj. Gen. Walter C., Sweeney, commander of the Eighth : Air Forec; and Maj. Gen. George ; M. Carter, Maine sUte adjutant I representing Gov. Edmund S.MiLskie.Col. Woodrow P. Swan cult,. deputy commander o£ the 42nd Bombardment Wing, mixed the At- \ iantle Ocean water taken from the ; i New England shoves and flown to 1 Loring by a commercial airline, i with Uie Pacific Ocean water, taken from l.lie Seattle, Wash., harbor and flown east by Gen- Marlin. The bottle was swung by Mrs. Mar- . . liJi. . |An Air Force spokesman said the , ; j arrival of lhe new plane capped a ’ period of intense retraining for the crews and maintenance personnel stationed hero. The air crews were trained at tho Strategic Air Command's B-52 training center at Cas’le Air Force Base, California; maintenance personnel a!: the Boe-jing factories at Seattle, Wash., and ■ gunners at Lowry Air Force Base, JColo.Strategically located in the 1 norllieasternmost corner of the 1 United SLaics, Loring Air Force .Base is within range of any potential target in the world, the Air Force said.The 10.CIOO sere installation with more than 5*Q0G military and civil service personnel on duty, is only a few miles from the Canadian border. It is 200 miles northeast of I Bangor and 10 hours by rail from• Boston.The base is headquarters of the 142nd Heavy Bombardment Wing which operates intercontinental .bombers capr.ble of flying nuclear ; explosives non-slop to any point in ’ the world.
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Mon, Jun 18, 1956
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