B-52 tail gunners scored two kills in the last bombing campign of the Vietnam War

B-52 tail gunners scored two kills in the last bombing campign of the Vietnam War

History fans are probably familiar with the sight of gunners in World War II-era B-17 and B-29 bombers firing heavy machine guns at enemy fighters. As propeller-driven aircraft gave way to jet engines and missiles became the weapon of choice in aerial combat, you might think fitting aircraft with machine guns would have been a thing of the past. You’d be wrong. Inside the gunner’s station on a B-52D. (U.S. Air Force) The B-52 Stratofortress, lov…