26 May Stop Calling The B-52 Bomber ‘Old’ — It’s More Youthful Than A B-2 Stealth Bomber by David Axe
The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to pitch a new engines for the service’s 76 B-52 bombers. With new motors, the B-52s could keep flying into the 2050s. Or longer. The youngest B-52 rolled off Boeing’s Wichita production line in 1962. But it’s not fair...