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How the B-52 will eventually be flown by the great great great great great great grandsons of the original pilots bombing the great great great great great great grandsons of the original targets
If and when the U.S. attack on Syria takes place, it will be different in some ways from any previous intervention. But it will have one thing in common with every war the United States has fought in the past 50 years: B-52s will be available for the fight.
This bomber is the combat aircraft that will not die. In 1977, when Congress was debating whether to build a replacement called the B-1, the complaint was that the B-52 was older than the pilots flying it. This fact was supposed to capture its obsolete character and sagging decrepitude.
The pilots of the 1970s may no longer be fit for duty, and other planes of that era can be found only in museums. But the B-52, which began production in 1952 and stopped in 1962, has defied the actuarial tables. Air Force Capt. Daniel Welch is piloting a plane that his father flew during the Cold War and his grandfather flew in Vietnam, The Los Angeles Times recently reported.
more
How the B-52 Became Immortal - Reason.com
Federation of American Scientists :: B-52 Stratofortress
...and inb4 any yahoos:
The B-52s LIVE "Love Shack" @Berlin Aug 21, 2013 - YouTube
The B-52's - Rock Lobster (Live @ Lokerse Feesten 10-08-2013) - YouTube
How the B-52 will eventually be flown by the great great great great great great grandsons of the original pilots bombing the great great great great great great grandsons of the original targets
If and when the U.S. attack on Syria takes place, it will be different in some ways from any previous intervention. But it will have one thing in common with every war the United States has fought in the past 50 years: B-52s will be available for the fight.
This bomber is the combat aircraft that will not die. In 1977, when Congress was debating whether to build a replacement called the B-1, the complaint was that the B-52 was older than the pilots flying it. This fact was supposed to capture its obsolete character and sagging decrepitude.
The pilots of the 1970s may no longer be fit for duty, and other planes of that era can be found only in museums. But the B-52, which began production in 1952 and stopped in 1962, has defied the actuarial tables. Air Force Capt. Daniel Welch is piloting a plane that his father flew during the Cold War and his grandfather flew in Vietnam, The Los Angeles Times recently reported.
more
How the B-52 Became Immortal - Reason.com
Federation of American Scientists :: B-52 Stratofortress
...and inb4 any yahoos:
The B-52s LIVE "Love Shack" @Berlin Aug 21, 2013 - YouTube
The B-52's - Rock Lobster (Live @ Lokerse Feesten 10-08-2013) - YouTube