The B28, originally Mark 28, was a thermonuclear bomb carried by U.S. tactical fighter bombers, attack aircraft and bomber aircraft. From 1962 to 1972 under the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program, American B28s also equipped six Europe-based Canadian CF-104 squadrons known as the RCAF Nuclear Strike Force.

Set of four B28FI thermonuclear bombs. The B28, originally Mark 28, was a thermonuclear bomb carried by U.S. tactical fighter bombers and bomber aircraft. From 1962 to 1972 under the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program, American B28s also equipped six Europe-based Canadian CF-104 squadrons known as the RCAF Nuclear Strike Force.

The B-52G began its mission from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, carrying four B28FI Mod 2 Y1 thermonuclear bombs on a Cold War airborne alert mission named Operation Chrome Dome. The flight plan took the aircraft east across the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea towards the European borders of the Soviet Union before ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The bomber, call sign Hobo 28, had a crew of seven and was armed with four B28FI nuclear bombs carried in its bomb bay. Prior to takeoff, the third pilot, Major Alfred D’Mario, had placed three foam cushions under the navigator’s seat on the lower deck of the B-52.

The aircraft was carrying four B28FI thermonuclear bombs on a Cold War "Chrome Dome" alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before they could carry out an emergency landing at Thule Air Base. Six crew members ejected safely, but one who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to ...

B28FI-- Carried internally; equipped with one 4-ft. pilot chute, one 16-ft. and one 24-ft. chute. On 17 January 1966, during a mid-air refueling operation, a U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-52 bomber...

Sep 8, 2017 · Prior to takeoff, Haug’s crew checked the condition of their primary payload, four B28FI thermonuclear weapons, the only model that SAC bombers carried in 1968. The FI, or “Full Fuzing Internal” model, allowed the radar-navigator to set the weapon for either an air burst, retarded air burst, ground burst or a parachute-retarded laydown.

21 January 1968: A United States Air Force Boeing B-52G-100-BW Stratofortress, serial number 58-0188, assigned to the 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing, was flying an Airborne Nuclear Alert mission as part of Operation Chrome Dome. The bomber, call sign Hobo 28, had a crew of seven and was armed with four B28FI nuclear bombs carried in its bomb bay.

Jul 7, 2022 · 核弹类型 ：b28fi，重约1吨，设计当量超过7万吨tnt。 事件经过 ：1966年1月17日，一架携带4枚核弹的B-52，在西班牙南部的地中海上空进行加油时，与KC-135加油机相撞。

B28核炸弹是美国50年代初发展的战略、战术两用氢弹，装备美国战略、战术攻击飞机。 1955年开始研制，1958年开始服役，1970年停产。 80年代中期开始被新型核炸弹B61所取代。 该弹共生产1200颗，美国空军库存1000颗。 基本结构分为头部中部和尾部三个模块，采用模块化设计思想设 …