“It’s over 40 years old. It was, in its time, a great aircraft — it served us well. I was an advocate for that program for a long time, but it doesn’t scare China.”
And how old is the B-52?
Translation:
We want a NEW TOY.............................
Think back to that LaLa time when we were celebrating the peace dividend and scrapped everything that worked and was in development because there were no bad guys in the world anymore.
RE: And how old is the B-52?
Ask this author....
https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Intruder-20th-Anniversary-Novel/dp/1591141273
First of his books using B-52s.