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To: sukhoi-30mki
The B-52 is an engineering masterpiece.
4 posted on 11/23/2015 9:37:32 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

I grew up near the AFB in Amarillo and loved
driving by the base and seeing the Buffs with
their high tails. My ex-BIL went to the AF
academy and ended up being a B-52 pilot.


5 posted on 11/23/2015 9:40:45 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
The B-52 is an engineering masterpiece.

I don't know nuthin' but this looks like a tremendous launch platform that greatly extends the range of ordnance and reduces time to target.


6 posted on 11/23/2015 9:42:37 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: hinckley buzzard

The B-52 is an engineering masterpiece.


Yes it is. And it’s still a big ugly beautiful old bird.


15 posted on 11/23/2015 10:03:36 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
The B-52 is an engineering masterpiece.

Imagine how history might have taken a different turn if the Air Force had gone with the competitor to the B-52,
the Convair successor to the B-36, the YB-60? A shame that none of the original prototypes are still around.

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22 posted on 11/23/2015 10:36:49 PM PST by mkjessup (What do terrorists, 'RATs and RINOs fear most? The prospect of President Donald J. Trump!!)
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