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B-52 Mission, Totals By Year/Month
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B-52 ACTIVITY STATISTICS
Total number sorties (missions), SEA (1966-71)
Average tonnage dropped per mission
Regional Mission Distribution, by year
Operating cost per mission, SEA (Avg)

B-52 Missions, Totals By Year/Month
Year Total Avg Bomb Tonnage per B-52 missions
1965 1,500 17
1966 5,200 20
1967 9,700 24
1968 20,500 26
1969 19,500 27
1970 15,100 28
1971 12,500 28

B-52 Missions, Totals By Year/Month
Jan, 1967 ICTZ IICTZ IIICTZ IVCTZ DMZ North DMZ South North V'nam
Feb, 1967 23 30 30 1 1 -- --
Mar, 1967 45 23 32 -- -- -- --
Apr, 1967 55 13 22 2 2 4 --
May, 1967 55 27 23 1 1 3 --
Jun, 1967 45 28 25 1 -- -- --
Jul, 1967 44 31 22 3 -- 3 3
Aug, 1967 26 28 24 -- -- 24 1
Sep, 1967 13 9 6 -- -- 57 15
Oct, 1967 17 15 20 -- -- 30 27
Nov, 1967 13 47 16 1 -- 12 9
Dec, 1967 6 19 22 -- -- 27 8
Jan, 1968 59 22 23 -- -- 4 1
Feb, 1968 204 53 34 -- -- -- --
Mar, 1968 222 28 27 4 -- -- --
Apr, 1968 173 66 19 7 -- 2 --
May, 1968 17 123 27 10 -- 13 1
Jun, 1968 24 87 171 11 4 6 --
Jul, 1968 28 34 152 26 7 -- 45
Aug, 1968 71 55 161 13 8 8 8
Sep, 1968 51 55 167 18 1 10 8
Oct, 1968 86 33 128 25 2 1 15
Nov, 1968 45 36 109 17 -- -- --
Dec, 1968 53 22 125 17 -- -- --
Jan, 1969 27 30 71 25 -- -- --
Feb, 1968 23 18 144 10 -- -- --
Mar, 1969 16 35 208 15 -- -- --
Apr, 1969 13 14 152 2 -- -- --
May, 1969 28 67 170 7 -- -- --
Jun, 1969 23 86 145 6 -- -- --
Jul, 1969 27 39 151 9 -- -- --
Aug, 1969 36 32 197 6 -- -- --
Sep, 1969 35 23 149 5 -- -- --
Oct, 1969 42 24 149 5 -- -- --
Nov, 1969 17 61 105 4 -- -- --
Dec, 1969 27 29 119 5 -- -- --
Jan, 1970 37 25 84 24 -- -- --
Feb, 1970 20 61 34 12 -- -- --
Mar, 1970 33 33 68 23 -- -- --
Apr, 1970 23 64 93 25 -- -- --
May, 1970 56 55 26 12 -- -- --
Jun, 1970 123 12 3 19 -- -- --
Jul, 1970 127 14 23 22 -- -- --
Aug, 1970 112 -- 15 7 -- -- --
Sep, 1970 79 5 14 5 -- -- --
Oct, 1970 10 4 6 3 -- -- --
Nov, 1970 4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Dec, 1970 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

B-52 Missions, Totals By Month
Jan, 1971 17
Feb ,1971 14
Mar ,1971 8
Apr ,1971 96
May ,1971 69
Jun ,1971 102
Jul ,1971 103
Aug ,1971 125
Sep ,1971 114
Oct ,1971 57
Nov ,1971 46
Dec ,1971 10

B-52 Operating Costs Per Mission, (Avg)
Aircraft POL $3,397
Depot maintenance $4,424
Transportation $3,468
Military sea transport service $2,312
Stevedoring $626
Commercial surface $530
Systems support supplies $1,349
Base operating support $1,270
KC-l35 support (refueling) $1,368
Munitions $22,500
Aircraft spares $872
Military personnel $2,773
Total average cost per mission $41,421
Avg tonnange drop 27
Est cost per ton $833

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