My thought exactly, but from our current president? WT??
DK
“The B-52 is a long-range multi-purpose heavy bomber. The Central Command last used them during Operation Desert Storm “
It was used in Afghanistan.
And no, Ted Cruz wasn’t right. He copied this from Trump. And Obama isn’t even using F-16s full capability. Something like 3/4 of missions return with ordinance on the racks.
So what will a B-52 do?
This is a big nothing.
Just what I was thinking. 0bama’s going to carpet bomb ISIS. lol
Right about what? They’re not going to be fulfilling his idiotic carpet bombing dream. They will be dropping ACLMs.
Right about what? They’re not going to be fulfilling his idiotic carpet bombing dream. They will be dropping ACLMs.
I wish we would bomb Qatar on the way home.
hate working with terror sponsors.
The D’s must be hiding something or seriously concerned about the election because here comes Obama’s wag the dog.
We will be lucky if they do not sneak under the wire and blow the damn things up. Now that will make some headlines for Obama.
Then we will hear the tRump supporters say, "That was Lying Ted's idea not The Donalds. He would never thought of using such a fuel guzzler, he is a stealthy DEAL maker".
These tRump supporters are so predictable. Kinda like ice melting under a blow torch. One minute they are in this form and the next, POOOOOF, vapor.
In addition to hauling lots of bombs — which it usually parcels out sparingly — the B-52 has tremendous endurance and loiter time and is cheap to fly. I suspect that the Air Force also wants to build the case for new engines, a service life extension, and a new avionics and targeting suite that will keep the ‘52 flying for decades more.
Monkey see, monkey do.
About 75% of the smart weapons are not dropped by the fighters today due to the ROEs. I doubt they will bomb isis with the B52s using dumb bombs.
On Nov 3, 2015, Obama sent F15C dog-fighters to Turkey. At the time, there was some chatter about an imminent Israeli attack on Iran. Cover story was that they were there to protect from incursions by Russia into Turkish airspace. I always thought they were there to send a message to Bibi.
B52s sort of serve that purpose too, no?
Maybe the F15C’s were sent to escort the B52’s. I still don’t trust this guy. He has only one true enemy in the region.
That’s an awful lot of bombs to carry around to drop on nothing and then return back to base.
It’s a fly-over.
“”The B-52 will provide the coalition continued precision and deliver desired airpower effects,””
Too difficult to use plain English, sir? How about the B-52 can blast ISIS to pieces....IF WE ONLY HAD THE WILL!