That tells me that the 57 year old planes can do something that the 18 year old and the 30 year old planes can't do.
Maybe we should build some new B-52's to replace the old ones. Seems like an ageless design...like they got it right, and the technology hasn't improved much. But, mechanical fatigue is real. A 60 year old fuselage is...well, 60 years old. I'm just amazed that we are confident in 60 year old planes. No matter how you slice it, that is amazing.
But don't get me started on the nukes themselves. We haven't tested one in over 30 years. I've posted on that before. I just have to wonder how confident we can be in our ability to destroy the world. Probably a reasonable chance they will work, I guess.
Nah. We probably don't need more. And yet, we still use 57 year old planes.
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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