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From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius)
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Subject: Re: B-52 bombings
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Date: 14 Sep 90 04:24:53 GMT
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From: Allan Bourdius <ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
The maximum bomb load of a B-52G/H is in the vicinity of 65,000 pounds. 
A B-lB can carry nearly twice that (120,000 lbs).  As far as ten-ton
loads go, even an A-6E can carry over 30,000 lbs of ordnance.

MIDN 3/C Allan Bourdius
Carnegie Mellon University NROTC