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| 02-DEC-2022
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Posted on 12/02/2022 5:02:46 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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To: imardmd1; Flick Lives
The mission of the B-52 hasn't changed.
However, the ordnance it carries most certainly has. Bottom line, Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCMs) are the ordnance of choice for the B-52.
With air-refueling, the B-52 has global reach. With ALCMs, the B-52s can launch them well outside threat range.
Once Air-Dominance is declared, the B-52s can carry over 108 GP bombs.
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12/04/2022 9:39:04 AM PST
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FtrPilot
To: FtrPilot; Flick Lives
Thank you both for these insights! The B52 is almost as old as I am. They have lasted a lot longer than the B47s, which quickly superseded the B29. As a young child, I was enamored of the B17s and B29s that put a lot of muscle into our dominance over our enemies. I followed their progress in the newspapers and magazines, of which there were plenty before the TV arrived to take over their market.
But I don't remember much about the B36, that apparently coexisted with the B47.
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12/04/2022 10:57:22 AM PST
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imardmd1
(Fiat Lux (Let There Be [God's] Light!))
To: imardmd1
But I don’t remember much about the B36
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I don’t remember much about them except that as a very young child, when they would fly overhead the sound of the 6 pusher propellers on the plane was like God’s own beehive.
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