[Joe 6-pack]

"...is that a B-17?"

That's affirmative.

[Candor7]

I have been around a couple of B 17s in my youth, as well as a Lancaster bomber.

The utilitarian fuctionalism and rugged design of the equipment is something we do not see often in military equipment these days. Everything about a B-17 was overdesigned. They were rugged.

A turret like that on a osprey with twin 50 cals would be awesome. Or even twin miniguns.

Two Ospreys could generate enough suppressive fire to land troops in the middle of a firefight if necessary, or land in the middle of a fire fight to extract troops.

I hope they go with it.