<article><hdr>Aerial shot of a B-52 laying a stick of bombs</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>The B-52 was frequently employed to carry the offensive to North Vietnam, with the B-52 D and F models being the primary version, occasionally supplemented by the B-52G when additional sorties were required. The standard paint scheme for the B-52G during the latter part of the sixties was for the upper surfaces to be painted in the familiar 'Vietnam' scheme of green and brown camouflage, with white anti-flash to the underside. The aircraft depicted is shown delivering a stick of 500lb high drag conventional bombs from its capacious bomb bay.. Despite being ordered between 1957 and 1959, the version was in service until 1994 when the final example was retired. The B-52G was the only version of the Stratofortress to see combat action during Operation Desert Storm with aircraft stationed in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Indian Ocean.</hi>
