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The B-52 bomber turns 60
CNET ^ | April 25 , 2015 | CNET

Posted on 04/26/2015 1:13:04 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse

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1 posted on 04/26/2015 1:13:04 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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The physics of air haven’t changed much in the last 60 years.


2 posted on 04/26/2015 1:15:24 PM PDT by Paladin2
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X-47b trumps B-52

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw3m7bqrQ64


3 posted on 04/26/2015 1:16:12 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: LeoWindhorse

First one flew in 1952. 63 years ago.


4 posted on 04/26/2015 1:16:56 PM PDT by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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I’m betting the Air Force will still be flying the Buf when it’s 100 years old.

And... they’ll be trying to use it for close air support, to replace the mothballed A-10’s.

You heard it here first.


5 posted on 04/26/2015 1:17:24 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Today's Democrats are much more Fascist than Communist; but Sen Joe McCarthy was still right.)
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It’s just a great design.To think that 10 years before the B-52 first flew,the Army Air Force was flying B17’s in combat.Talk about rapid advancement.


6 posted on 04/26/2015 1:18:13 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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Maybe that B-52 can be stored in The Love Shack.


7 posted on 04/26/2015 1:19:02 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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Well, it's still not as old as I am.

I just thought of this, it could still be there after I'm gone.

I just scared myself.

5.56mm

8 posted on 04/26/2015 1:19:12 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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Maybe that B-52 can be stored in The Love Shack.

Or Planet Claire.

9 posted on 04/26/2015 1:22:03 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: M Kehoe

You and I both.


10 posted on 04/26/2015 1:25:06 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Paladin2

The bombing starts in five minutes - President Ronald Reagan


11 posted on 04/26/2015 1:25:37 PM PDT by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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“The physics of air haven’t changed much in the last 60 years.”

They only change when Democrats inhale!


12 posted on 04/26/2015 1:27:01 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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"Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff."

13 posted on 04/26/2015 1:27:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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“The physics of air haven’t changed much in the last 60 years.”

But according to leftards, it turned really hot, then cold, and it’s all our fault or whatever the F these pukes come up with.


14 posted on 04/26/2015 1:32:17 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: LeoWindhorse

The B-52 is remembered by Vietnam Veterans as “A thing that goes bump in the night.”


15 posted on 04/26/2015 1:35:35 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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That's still younger than Hillary...
16 posted on 04/26/2015 1:36:47 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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The physics of air haven’t changed much in the last 60 years.

Air defense technology definitely has. One thing, high altitude, high speed missiles are cheaper and more prolific. The Buff is a great delivery system after you've attained air superiority and suppressed the enemy's air defenses. It also makes a great stand off delivery system for cruise missiles. I would not fly it against even a second rate air defense, e.g., Iran.

17 posted on 04/26/2015 1:45:15 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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I am in awe of the saturation bombing runs a formation of these big birds could make.. Need craters..?? No problem.

I can only imagine the sensations and concussive waves as they popped in the foliage, paths and paddies of Nam.

To those who fell from the sky on that fateful day. We salute you.


18 posted on 04/26/2015 1:47:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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I was just thinking we should all watch Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) in honor of the B52.
19 posted on 04/26/2015 1:48:01 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: DJ Taylor
The B-52 is remembered by Vietnam Veterans as “A thing that goes bump in the night.”
Thirteen months on the DMZ ('67-'68) and I experienced dozens of B-52 strikes.
Saw them, heard them, smelled them, felt them.
20 posted on 04/26/2015 1:50:03 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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