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Scrapped B-52 bombers. Aerial view of disused B-52 Stratofortress bombers abandoned in a desert. The B-52 has a wingspan of 56.4 metres and is 48.5 metres long. The B-52s were decommissioned as part of a weapons reduction treaty with Russia. Photographed in Arizona, USA. Photographed in April 1994. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ALEX MACLEAN)