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Some have: B-29 tail turret https://media.defense.gov/2010/Jun/14/2000352211/-1/-1/0/100614-F-1234S-030.JPG https://media.defense.gov/2010/Jun/14/2000352211/-1/
by bolasanibk 4y ago
Some have: B-29 tail turret
https://media.defense.gov/2010/Jun/14/2000352211/-1/-1/0/100614-F-1234S-030.JPG https://media.defense.gov/2010/Jun/14/2000352211/-1/-1/0/100...
I am guessing mostly space and weight are at a premium in an airplane.
- usrusr 4y agoThe correct tense is had. In the age of air to air missiles, a chasing plane would never bother getting into range. (but that does make me wonder if anti missile point defense might ever come to flying carriers. A part of me wants to joke that those would likely make the B-52 reach its bicentennial)
- trevorishere 4y agoB-52 was the last USAF bomber to have a rear-ward facing guns. During the Gulf War, one of two theories that a rear-ward facing gunner turned on his defensive fire control system and was hit by friendly fire after an F4 released anti-radiation (HARM) missile in the blind. The AGM-88 locked on to the DFCS and blew off the rear section of the BUFF -- which was then nicknamed "In HARM's Way". https://theaviationgeekclub.com/exclusive-former-buff-gunner-reveals-interesting-details-b-52-harms-way-incident/ https://theaviationgeekclub.com/exclusive-former-buff-gunner...