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To: LeoWindhorse
Sixty years in service, Forty to go according to some.
My guess is somewhere there will still be B-52s flying well past 2060. Same as there will be C-47/DC-3s flying in 2040.
In my opinion, if for no other reason other than longevity, maybe the two finest aircraft ever designed.
30 posted on 04/26/2015 2:15:44 PM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan by the day)
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To: Tupelo

Actually the Air Force has already said it is flying till 2040 or 2045. One date is for the BUFF and the other is for the 135/707 special mission aircraft, but I always forget which is which.


31 posted on 04/26/2015 2:19:48 PM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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