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Heck, this is nothing. Many of the guys flying BUFFs (B52 bombers) are younger than the planes they fly!

Mark


28 posted on 05/18/2012 9:35:02 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: MarkL

Again, another statement that is only true to a point.

The pilots flying the airplanes are younger than the B-52s they fly and so are most of their father’s now who flew the same aircraft.

The same point can be made for the T-38.

If you’ll look at the tail numbers on most USAF aircraft the first two large digits of the SN are the year the AC was accepted into inventory.


30 posted on 05/18/2012 9:52:50 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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