The two history-making B-52 gunners were Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Samuel O. Turner and Airman 1st Class (A1C) Albert E. Moore, and both of their victims were MiG-21 “Fishbed” fighter jets.

What You Need to Know: Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, the last U.S. airman to down an enemy fighter as a B-52 tail gunner, was honored this month at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. -Moore ...

The B-52 crews were able to claim the bragging rights of a 2:0 kill ratio against their nimbler aerial adversaries. “The first shootdown came on Dec. 18, 1972, after Turner’s B-52D took off ...