The B52 Stratofortress is a longrange jet strategic bomber that replaced the Convair B36 and the Boeing B47 On November 23 1945 Air Materiel Command a former USAF command issued desired performance characteristics for a new strategic bomber Boeing Consolidated Aircraft and Glenn L Martin Company all submitted proposals with Boeing winning the design competition The B52 was designed to reduce the overall aircraft weight in an effort to improve performance and has the longest unrefueled range of any bomber It can carry up to 60000 pounds of nuclear or conventional ordnance and can fly at high subsonic speeds and altitudes with worldwide precision navigation capability Features. Handcrafted mahoganyResin Model. Adult collector models for ages 14 and olderSpecifications. Scale 1 to 100. Length 1908