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| This Is What The B-52 Will Look Like With Its New Rolls-Royce Engines | |
| 2022-09-28 | |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #15 Once LRSO is available, the rotary dispenser in a B-52 will make it a very dangerous aircraft. Not that it isn't already. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-28 17:16 |
| #14 #10 the 52 is still a usable air frame to deliver ordnance in a stand-off profile and possible anti-ship/sub missions. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-09-28 16:43 |
| #13 ^#6 roflol! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2022-09-28 14:32 |
| #12 B-21 is intended to allow retirement of all B-52 and B-1 in service. Assuming they can get to the desired 100 planes or more. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-28 13:51 |
| #11 Is the B-21 supposed to replace the B-52 fleet or supplement it? |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-09-28 13:41 |
| #10 I feel some will agree the B-52has outlived its Nuclear use in this Hypersonic missile age. It does a pretty good job of carpet bombing, against low tech enemy combatants, tho. Maybe a KISS solution of effective neutralization weapons produced in high numbers might be a better way to go? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-09-28 12:44 |
| #9 They'll have Nacelles at this rate. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-09-28 10:49 |
| #8 First DC-3 flight, December 17, 1935. We might make the centennial on that one. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-28 10:34 |
| #7 I'd like to be around when the "BUFFS" celebrate their bicentennial! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-09-28 10:30 |
| #6 I'm about the same age as the B52 and wish that I could get a multi million dollar rebuild. |
| Posted by: Too Old To Work 2022-09-28 09:57 |
| #5 Question: Since it's a DEFCON 1 Go To War vital weapon, will the engines and parts used be made and kept here in Indianapolis, IN? Or will DC Swamp allow them to farm them out to its 8 ASIAN manufacturing locations? Also, since Old school, has worked for 50+ years. I have to question the implementing of a new technology to basically a 60-year-old airframe design that has undergone numerous changes. WHY? Having worked as backup IT Tech on the KC-130 Fuel Tanker Simulator @ SJ AFB, NC. I got to look at a lot of Declassified crash data and noticed the B-52 1950-70's models had an unusual number of right wing issues, leaks, detachments etc. causing a number of crashes. Understanding the BUF has had many upgrades over its life span. Will these new engines place a even greater strain on the Wing/Fuel Tank structure? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-09-28 09:08 |
| #4 Sweet! |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2022-09-28 07:56 |
| #3 Looks are not the BUFF's long suit. The new engines should make it better at what it's already really good at. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-28 07:09 |
| #2 ....I'm sorry, but it won't be the same without the sound of those TF-33s. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-09-28 06:26 |
| #1 At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock. |
| Posted by: Classer 2022-09-28 03:17 |