"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:

"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
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I was forgetting that Hound Dog didn't apply to the tall tails, so
they'd
pretty
much have to be on the deck, or else come in late to bounce the
rubble.

IAPR indicates that the tall tails did indeed carry the Hound Dog; the
first
test firing from a B-52 was reportedly from the E model,

Agrees with the info I have, but I wasn't counting a test a/c.

and the same source
indicates some of the D models were even configured as Hound Dog
carriers
late in their career.

Going by Boyne, he indicates it was just the G/H, but I'm in no position
to say
either way.

Another source indicates that, "By the end of 1959,

the Air Force had approved 29 B-52 squadrons to be equipped with Hound
Dog
missiles." I doubt there were enough short-tail B-52's then in the
works
in
1959 to be designated (www.boeing.com/history/bna/hounddog.htm ).
Another
source states, "...by August 1963 29 SAC wings were operational with
the
AGM-28"
(http://www.strategic-air-command.com...ched_Missiles/
agm-28_hound_dog_missile.htm ).

It does seem highly unlikely that there were 29 wings of G/Hs. Boyne
says
that
peak inventory of AGM-28 was 593 weapons. At two per a/c, that would
seem
a bit
excessive for just the G/H fleet of 295 a/c, assuming that a certain
number
wouldn't be serviceable/available at any time. Anyone got a photo of an
operational tall-tail with Hound Dog?

Don't forget the possibility that only one squadron per wing was
designated
as Hound Dog capable. Interestingly, while your source indicates a "peak
inventory" of 593, another source says, "Almost 700 AGM-28s were built
before production ended in 1963" (www.boeing.com/history/
bna/hounddog.htm)
. I doubt that during such a short production run one hundred missiles
were
test fired or fired during training operations.

As to photos, not sure how accurate this is, but here is a photo of a
tall-tail with Hound Dog mounted at Castle Air Museum:

www.shanaberger.com/ images/B-52.jpg

Better photos of tall-tails carrying operational Hound Dogs can be found
at:

www.ammsalumni.com/ B52.html

Add to that the following nice shot of a B-52F on the ramp at Barksdale,
complete with Hound Dog:

http://www.aviationimages.net/september_2003.htm

Brooks


Brooks

Guy