[A.A. Cunningham]

I think those planes are older than our B52’s.

Not quite. Last production B-52 left the Boeing plant in Wichita in October of 1962.

[Moose4]

Not quite, although the designs are from the same era. From the RAF’s homepage on the aircraft:

“The Nimrod MR1 entered service in 1969 and was upgraded to MR2 standard in the late 1970s.”

That’s assuming that the original Nimrods were purpose-built airframes using part of the old Comet 4’s design (mainly the wing), and not rebuilt Comet 4 or 4A airliners. If they are, then they ARE as old as the B-52s.

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