Complete list of armament classification of all extant B-52H aircraft
(2024)
* Notes a. Confidence levels apply only to the armament classification assigned to active aircraft. b. AMARG – Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group; GITA – ground instructional training aircraft; OG – Operating Group. c. Although best efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of unit designations as of mid-2024, difficulties arising from changes in some unit designations over time may have resulted in some errors.
Source: Vince Scappatura and Richard Tanter, Nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers: a visual guide to identification, Nautilus Institute Special Report,
26 August 2024, Table 3.
Air Force Serial Number |
Status |
Armament Classification |
Confidence Level |
Main Operating Base |
Unit |
60-0001 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0002 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 2nd Bomb Wing (2 BW flagship) |
60-0003 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0004 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0005 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 5th Bomb Wing (5 BW flagship) |
60-0007 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0008 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 8th Air Force (8th Air Force flagship) |
60-0009 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing (69 BS flagship) |
60-0010 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0011 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 11th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing (11 BS flagship) |
60-0012 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0013 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0014 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0015 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0016 | Inactive – GITA | N/A | N/A | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | – |
60-0017 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0018 | Active | Nuclear-capable | Low | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0019 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0020 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0021 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0022 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0023 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing (23 BS flagship) |
60-0024 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0025 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0026 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0028 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0029 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0030 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0031 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing |
60-0032 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0033 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0034 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0035 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0036 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Edwards AFB, California | 419th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing |
60-0037 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0038 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0041 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0042 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0043 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0044 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0045 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 307th Bomb Wing (307 OG flagship) |
60-0046 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0048 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0049 | Storage – dismantled | N/A | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
60-0050 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Edwards AFB, California | 419th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing |
60-0051 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
60-0052 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0054 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0055 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 5th Bomb Wing (5 OG flagship) |
60-0056 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0057 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 340th Weapons Squadron, USAF Weapons School, 57th Wing (340 WS flagship) |
60-0058 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
60-0059 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing (96 BS flagship) |
60-0060 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
60-0061 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 307th Bomb Wing (307 BW flagship) |
60-0062 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0001 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0002 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 2nd Bomb Wing (2nd OG flagship) |
61-0003 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0004 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0005 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0006 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0007 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0008 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
61-0009 | Inactive – integration model | N/A | N/A | Boeing Oklahoma City facility, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma | Bombers Directorate, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center |
61-0010 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 343rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing (343 BS flagship) |
61-0011 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
61-0012 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0013 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0014 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing |
61-0015 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0016 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0017 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
61-0018 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0019 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Edwards AFB, California | 419th Flight Test Squadron, 412th Test Wing |
61-0020 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing (20 BS flagship) |
61-0021 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
61-0022 | Inactive – GITA | N/A | N/A | Sheppard AFB, Texas | 82nd Training Wing |
61-0023 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
61-0024 | Storage-restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
61-0025 | Inactive – GITA | N/A | N/A | Sheppard AFB, Texas | 82nd Training Wing |
61-0027 | Storage – restorable | Conventional-only | N/A | Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | 309th AMARG |
61-0028 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing |
61-0029 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing (93 BS flagship) |
61-0031 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
61-0032 | Inactive – GITA | N/A | N/A | Minot AFB, North Dakota | – |
61-0034 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0035 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0036 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing |
61-0038 | Active | Conventional-only | High | Barksdale AFB, Louisiana | 93rd Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing |
61-0039 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 69th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |
61-0040 | Active | Nuclear-capable | High | Minot AFB, North Dakota | 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing |