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The B-52D Stratofortress honors the men and women of the Strategic Air Command who flew and maintained it throughout its 26-year history in the command. Aircraft 55-083, with over 15,000 flying hours, was one of two B-52Ds credited with a confirmed MIG kill during the Vietnam Conflict. Flying from U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield in southern Thailand, the crew of "Diamond Lil" shot down a MIG northeast of Hanoi during Linebacker II action on Christmas Eve, 1972.
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