[Milsurplus] B-52 Radios

[Mike]

Michael St. Angelo wrote:

> April 15th is the 50th anniversary of the Boeing B52.
> 
> Does anyone know which radios, especially HF radios, were
> used on the various models of the plane.

I can't relate specific aircraft models to a specific set, but the RCA
AN/ARC-65 and the Collins AN/ARC-58 provided HF SSB communications
thoughout most of the B-52's history through to the 1970s.  I think the
AN/ARC-58 was found in the later models.  That's what was in the B-52
aircraft at Blytheville AFB in 1968.

As for the HF sets used in the last 25 years, I haven't any idea. 
Surely the AN/ARC-58 sets must have been replaced for several decades by
now.

As for the HF sets used in the first years of the B-52, I'd guess maybe
the RCA AN/ARC-21, which was the AM predecessor to the AN/ARC-65.

Mike / KK5F