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2023-04-09 Science & Technology
Re-Engined B-52 To Be Designated The B-52J
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Posted by Beavis 2023-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top

#1 More load, more guts,
gonna have to address that wing box.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-09 00:59||   2023-04-09 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 #1 More load, more guts,
gonna have to address that wing box.
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-04-09 00:59

Skid,

From your lips to God's ears. Issues with the wing box have been a potential nightmare for decades, and there is no way to fix/replace. The forge for making them still exists (it's actually a few blocks down from my Grandmother's home in Cleveland) and is supposedly operational, but even if there were no issues there, the tooling for Miss Buffy went away decades ago. Even a relatively minor issue would doom her.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2023-04-09 06:39||   2023-04-09 06:39|| Front Page Top

#3 BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow)

Fellow?
Posted by Frank G 2023-04-09 07:25||   2023-04-09 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Given the USA $31Trillion + national debt the DC SWAMP has racked up in the last 30 years.
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The US can't afford another ground war or $$ Billion Aircraft. So watch for "Drones vs. Jets to an issue soon.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-04-09 07:49||   2023-04-09 07:49|| Front Page Top

#5 She just needs a nice carbon fiber girdle...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-09 08:13||   2023-04-09 08:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Like the old Timex commercial, “She just keeps on ticking.” Gonna need to invent some new letters pretty quick; Ol’ BUFFY is using them up fast.
Posted by USN, Ret. 2023-04-09 08:32||   2023-04-09 08:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Fellow?

Person. It is racist to misgender machinery.
Posted by SteveS 2023-04-09 09:21||   2023-04-09 09:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Thing is nearly as old as I am... and now it's gonna outlive me...
Posted by Mercutio 2023-04-09 10:27||   2023-04-09 10:27|| Front Page Top

#9 I hate to be ironic, but the new designation for the Biden era B-52 is the Juliette Model?
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-09 11:28||   2023-04-09 11:28|| Front Page Top

#10 watch for "Drones vs. Jets to an issue soon.

America's F-35: Soon Armed With Drone Swarms?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-09 11:31||   2023-04-09 11:31|| Front Page Top

#11 The "J" stands for "non-Jendered", as A/C, subs, surface ships, etc. used to be known as "she's.".
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-04-09 16:12||   2023-04-09 16:12|| Front Page Top

#12 ^
In USMC Regiments, the 3rd Battalion always has India, Kilo, Lima and Mike Infantry Companies. They knew what a disaster naming a Company "Juliette" would do to morale and discipline. Its a shame the BUFF isn't respected enough to skip to the Kilo model designation. Old traditions matter.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-09 17:24||   2023-04-09 17:24|| Front Page Top

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