B-52s had tail gunners until after Desert Storm.
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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.
