B-52 bomber lands at Moscow air show

B-52 bomber lands at Moscow air show

(EXCERPT) by Master Sgt. Kenneth Fidler U.S. Air Forces in Europe
Public Affairs

8/20/2003 - ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (AFPN) -- One of the most famous Cold
War icons, the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, landed here Aug.
20 to participate in the 6th Moscow Space and Aviation Show.

This is the first public display in Russia for the B-52, an aircraft
designed to deliver nuclear bombs into the former Soviet Union during
the Cold War.

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