Operation Chrome Dome was a United States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne alert, flying routes that put them in positions to attack targets in the Soviet Union if they were ordered to do so.

Mar 15, 2020 · Twelve Chrome Dome B-52’s remained airborne twenty-four hours a day. Chrome Dome and McCoy AFB leaped to the forefront of international news in 1962 when a reconnaissance plane photographed unusual activity one Sunday afternoon in the Caribbean.

Aug 1, 2011 · The B-52s on Chrome Dome missions flew two typical profiles. One stretched south across the Atlantic to a refueling over the Mediterranean Sea. The other was a northern route tracing a big box around Canada with a crucial late air refueling near Alaska.

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.

Operation Chrome Dome was a United States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne alert, flying routes that put them in positions to attack targets in the Soviet Union if they were ordered to do so.

Jul 20, 2023 · Chrome Dome ran from 1960 to 1968, it’s purpose was to keep a fleet of nuclear-armed bombers in constant airborne patrols, poised to strike at a moment's notice. This article looks into the history, purpose, and eventual demise of Operation Chrome Dome.

Operation Chrome Dome, initiated in 1960, was one of several United States Air Force Cold-War era airborne global alert duties or programs in which B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons were assigned targets in …