"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.
...you are probably right on that one.... also, the Boeing KC-135 tanker fleet is, if anything, even older than the B-52 fleet... and the KC-135s have been given many, many upgrades and improvements over the past few years, and like the Energizer Bunny, they just keep on goin' and goin' and goin' .........I'm not sure where the KC-135 tanker replacement aircraft is in the scheme of things... there was a lot of controversy several years ago over that project.....I guess, though, if you have unmanned bombers and fighters, probably no need for refuelers, either...