'Mothership' retires
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA's B-52B was officially retired during a ceremony here Dec. 17 after nearly 50 years of dropping advanced research vehicles. Attending the ceremony were (from left) retired NASA research pilot Ed Schneider; Kevin Petersen, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center director; Brig. Gen. Curtis Bedke, Air Force Flight Test Center commander; retired NASA pilot Fitz Fulton; current NASA pilot Gordon Fullerton; and AFFTC chief historian James Young. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration photo by Tom Tschida)
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