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The B-52 Gets a 21st-Century Upgrade
Popular Mechanics ^
| February 27, 2012
| Joe Pappalardo
Posted on 02/27/2012 5:39:14 PM PST by lbryce
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The article linked to below on the lifetime cost for the F-35 is based on a 50 year operating budget. Perhaps, as we've demonstrated so emphatically with the B-52, the F-35 overall cost be extended beyond the 50 year limit as well, with the cost projections reflected in a manner that would present the F-35 in a more favorable economic light.
Free Republic-Feb 26, 2012:Lifetime Cost to Run F-35 fighter: About $1 Trillion
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posted on
02/27/2012 5:39:18 PM PST
by
lbryce
To: lbryce
Flight of the Old Dog.
Dale Brown ?
Great story and now coming true.
As far as the f35 etc we should order twice as many
and drive the cost down.
How about suborbital bombers?
Break out of the box.
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posted on
02/27/2012 5:47:53 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: zot; SeraphimApprentice
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posted on
02/27/2012 5:49:28 PM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: tet68
Old Dog was my first thought also...
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posted on
02/27/2012 5:51:30 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: tet68
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posted on
02/27/2012 5:54:33 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Limbaugh: Tim Tebow miracle: "He had atheists praying to God that he would lose.")
To: Chode
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posted on
02/27/2012 5:57:33 PM PST
by
RedCell
(Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
To: lbryce
The Buff is closing in on the C47 as per longevity!
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:01:17 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: RedCell
great book...
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:02:26 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: GreyFriar
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:03:59 PM PST
by
BobP
(The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
To: tet68
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:16:49 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: lbryce
Not your grandpa’s Stratofortress lol
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:19:04 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: lbryce
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:23:01 PM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Liberty and Justice for ALL)
To: FreeAtlanta
Had the pleasure of seeing the B-52 up close at an air show a few years ago, it was part of the static display and I got to see it fly. Definitely a treasured memory. Looking at the smoke trail that the B-52 is leaving behind in that pic and smiling at the amount of grief that would give any enviroweenie by looking at it :)
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:27:55 PM PST
by
Severa
(I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
To: GreyFriar
I was real young when I saw my first B-52. Daddy took me out on the flight line to watch them take off. What a rush. For the next few years I wanted to grow up to be a B-52. I was a strange child.
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:28:35 PM PST
by
Himyar
To: lbryce
As an Air Force Security Policeman, I got to spend quality time (hours and hours) baby-sitting these old gals back in the late seventies/early eighties. Glad to see they’re still making a contribution.
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:39:20 PM PST
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: lbryce
Smart... the era of pilots (especially in SAM zones) is rapidly coming to an end. GO BUFF.
To: FreeAtlanta
The only thing that could make this picture better is if a battleship leads the way
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:44:37 PM PST
by
South Dakota
(shut up and drill)
To: FreeAtlanta
I almost missed that tiny little helicopter at the bottom.
Sea Stallion? Amazing photo.
Thanks.
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:50:21 PM PST
by
SnuffaBolshevik
(In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
To: Himyar
I don’t remember when I saw one for the first time. It may have been at a visit to Wright Pat musuem in the early 60s with my father. I do remember going to Bunker Hill, later renamed Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana and watching the B-58 Hustler’s take off. And looking at the B-17 and B-47 gate guard planes. The 305th Bomb Group flew the B-58.
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:53:36 PM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
Thanks for the ping.
The B-52 is already of interest to archaeologists.
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posted on
02/27/2012 6:58:10 PM PST
by
zot
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