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His grandson will be saying the same thing.
by mikece 4y ago
His grandson will be saying the same thing.
- hef19898 4y agoIn a post appocalyptic world great-great-grandsons of B-52 pilots will inherit those planes, the same airframes their ancestors flew in the 50s. Impressive service life time, especially that since then nobody came up with something better then the B-52.
- selectodude 4y agoNecessity is the mother of invention and the US Military hasn’t had the necessity for anything newer.
- mikece 4y agoI think a modified and militarized Boeing 777 (or 767) would be the ideal replacement for the B-52, though I realize a lot more goes into bomber design than just selecting a successful airframe.
- hef19898 4y agoWhile on the other hand the need to stealthily deliver smaller payloads into protected airspace went away with the end of the cold war, for now. It might become again a necessity in the future. On the delivery large bomb payloads into dominated airspace the B-52 is unbeatable so far.