"Mike" wrote in message
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The B-52 could carry about 27 tons of conventional bombs.

What about the never put into production B-70 bomber ? I've always
wondered what its bomb load was. Was that information ever released ?

The Air Force Museum site says up to 50,000 pounds carried internally.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/resea...s/b5/b5-63.htm

Tex Houston