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Combat-ready for 50 years: B-52s fly past another milestone
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| 3/17/2006
| Stephanie Bemrose
Posted on 03/17/2006 4:15:52 PM PST by magellan
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To: magellan
No quite. The only ones still flying, H models, are at most 45.
To: al baby
Ah, yes, the ill-fated "Thunderhawks" SACs answer to the Thunderbirds and the fighter mafia...IIRC.
I believe there were family members on the the -52 as well - now parents cannot ride the same AC for fear of making orphans..again, IIRC.
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ASOC
(Choosing between the lesser of two evils, in the end, still leaves you with - evil.)
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