Boeing gets $750 mln US Air Force B-52 bomber contract

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) has won a $750 million U.S. Air Force contract for modernization and maintenance of the Boeing-built B-52 Stratofortress bomber's weapons system, the Defense Department said Thursday. *The nuclear weapons capacity includes 12 ACMSs, 20 ALCMs and eight bombs.
The B-52, dubbed BUFF for Big Ugly Fat Fellow, first entered combat in 1965 over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. (Reporting by Jim Wolf; Editing by Gary Hill)