It's about time! I've always said the problem with the B-52 was its limited payload. The standard B-52 loadout only includes eight AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, four AGM-142 Raptor missiles, fifty-one 500-pound bombs, thirty 1,000-pound bombs, twenty AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles (CALCM), twelve joint stand-off weapons (JSOW), twelve joint direct-attack munitions (JDAM), and sixteen wind-corrected munitions dispensers (WCMD). That's only 153 total.
We’ll meet again.
Don’t know where,
don’t know when...
If we resurrect the nuclear-armed Tomahawk (BGM-109A), then we would have a heavy-duty standoff strike capability.
A few responses
The only remaining flying B-52s are the H models with T-33 turbofans.
The B-52 has never carried Tomahawks. They were evaluated vs the Boeing AGM-86 during the 70s. Boeing won that competition.
There have been multiple attempts to replace the engines. In each case, someone just wasn’t willing to pay the money despite tremendous operational improvements.
All the cut up bombers at DM are B-52G or earlier. They were cut up to satisfy arms control treaty requirements. The are cut in places to make them unrepairable.
Intact aircraft on display are required to have the exact position reported to Russia and can’t be moved.