57 years ago. That is, the last B-52 built for the Air Force entered service in 1962. The rest of our B-52 fleet is older than that. Pretty amazing to be relying on 60 year old planes.
They expect B-52s to remain in active service through 2050.
The newest B-52 in the Air Force fleet was built the same year as this truck...
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- The newest B-52 in the Air Force fleet was built the same year as this truck... [IMAGE]
- NedoftheHill - 12:49am 1/11/19
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- It's a good thing we also have - Mark - 11:51am 1/11/19
- The B-52H is the only version still around [LINK]
- Mark - 3:44pm 1/11/19
- Nah. We probably don't need more. And yet, we still use 57 year old planes. - NedoftheHill - 6:00pm 1/11/19
- They've always had wonky bomb bay doors. - Iggle - 9:49pm 1/11/19
- Slim pickings on the technology there. [NT] - Frank L - 3:51pm 1/12/19
- They've always had wonky bomb bay doors. - Iggle - 9:49pm 1/11/19
- Nah. We probably don't need more. And yet, we still use 57 year old planes. - NedoftheHill - 6:00pm 1/11/19
- The original straight-wing turboprop is from 1946...when this truck was built. [IMAGE] - NedoftheHill - 3:14pm 1/11/19
- Re: It's a good thing we also have this little bomb dropped in the 80's - jimbasil - 12:56pm 1/11/19
- The B-52H is the only version still around [LINK]
- Mark - 3:44pm 1/11/19
- I'm clearly not an expert on weapons delivery, but what about the B-2s and all those billions? [NT]
- Rooster - 11:47am 1/11/19
- We have 21 B-2's, each with about 60% the payload of a B-52. - NedoftheHill - 3:17pm 1/11/19
- As an aside I was reading about ADX Florence SuperMax - CC72 - 1:22pm 1/11/19
- It's a good thing we also have - Mark - 11:51am 1/11/19