Here's a B-52 Stratofortress and all of its ammunition in one photo

Yahoo! Finance ^ | June 24, 2015 | By Alex Lockie

[Nowhere Man]

I remember seeing this photo in the early 1980’s

[Nowhere Man]

Would not surprise me if they keep the B-52 flying until 2100 at least. Except for electronics, aircraft technology has generally plateaued from the early 1960’s to now.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[I only know of 2 aircraft that really “earned their stripes” through the ages: The C-47 and the B-52.]

I flew on several C-47 in RVN as a passenger. Sitting among pallets of C-rats, mail sacks and sometimes body bags. The plane was so loud and vibrated so much that unless you were looking out a window you wouldn't know when it took off or landed. Those things could took a licking though.

[Rodamala]

Every time I see a picture of that plane I recall this kit in the hobby shops when I was a kid:

[hosepipe]

I like that rotary cruise missile launcher.

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Smith and Wesson made men equal...

The rotary cruise missile launcher made free people unequal to the bad guys.. and their air forces and radar..

NEXT: SUPER stealth cruise missiles.. on unmanned bombers.. i.e. 47b..

[fso301]

The USS TEXAS fired 225 14 inch shells at Pointe du Hoc on D Day. This, out of 445 fired on June 6 and over 600 during the invasion. I dont think our soldiers cared that the old girl was from 1898.

You are thinking of the USS Texas BB-35 which was built approximately 30 years after the original USS Texas.

[doorgunner69]

Dunno for sure, might be the B-36, but the B-52 could have been capable of carrying these crowd pleasers: