It's the compartment where a B-52's ordnance is carried & from which it's dropped
... a move of the gunner from his separate pressurized tail compartment to the ... 
On June 18, 1965, the B-52 dropped its first bomb in anger when a force of 27... [DOC] [TLE] B- 52 - US MILITARY CYBER WALL [PAR] A B-52H Stratofortress from the 5 Bomb Wing deploying its drag chute for landing 
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