35 ALCMs launched. CBU-87s, Mk117 750 lb and Mk82 500 lb bombs. 1,617 sorties. 11,742,000 pounds of bombs representing 31% of U.S. total
35 шт отбрасываем как несущественно влияющие на кол-во вылетов с бомбами.
11 742 000 фунтов делим на 1617 вылетов, получаем примерно 7 300 фунтов нагрузку "в среднем по больнице". В килограммах это примерно 3.3 тонны. Выглядит вполне разумно.
А если вы волнуетесь по поводу большой нагрузки применительно к расходу топлива - так они летали с несколькими дозаправками в полете. Как пример, цитата с той же странички:
On February 16, 1991, seven B-52Gs armed with 39 AGM-86C conventionally-armed cruise missiles took off from Barksdale AFB bound for Iraq. After a couple of refuellings, they arrived over the southern border of Iraq, where they launched 35 of their ALCMs against targets in central and southern Iraq. The targets included a power station, a telephone exchange, and other electrical generating facilities. The missiles were timed so that they would all reach their separate targets nearly simultaneously. All but two of the missiles seem to have struck their targets. The B-52Gs then returned to Barksdale via another set of refuelling operations. By the time that the mission was finally over, the crews had been in the air for 35 hours. It had been the longest-ranging combat mission in the history of aerial warfare.
