Balls 8 | |
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A NASA TF-104G (below) flies chase on the NB-52B Balls 8 (above) on 14 September 1979. | |
Type | Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress |
Manufacturer | Boeing Aircraft Company |
Serial | 52-008 |
First flight | 11 June 1955 |
Owners and operators | United States Air Force NASA |
Status | Retired |
Preserved at | Edwards Air Force Base, California |
Balls 8 is a NASA Boeing NB-52B mothership which was retired in 2004 after almost 50 years of flying service with NASA.[1][2] The aircraft is famous for dropping the X-15 aerospace research vehicle on 106 of the 199 X-15 program flights.[3]
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