.......indeed.....! on the other hand, and I believe I recall this correctly, on the History Channel or some such, with all of the upgrades, improvements, airframe modifications, and other enhancements already in place and projected, the U.S. Air Force's Boeing B-52 fleet will be close to 90 years old when those aircraft are slated to be retired....!! simply incredible....
"the U.S. Air Force's Boeing B-52 fleet will be close to 90 years old when those aircraft are slated to be retired..."
Whats gonna replace these workhorses? I wonder if it will be unmanned.
With a projection like that, it would be quite interesting to find out how much of the ORIGINAL metal would be in those BUFFS. BTW, it looks like the Tomcat in Pic. #3 is getting a royal sendoff. Looks like the three guys under the left wing had been practicing their "cleared to lauch" motions a lot for that launch. I hate to see the Tomcat consigned to museums like the SR-71 has been. They are still usefull tools of the trade.