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JayhawkSD

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3. These planes are being flown by 3rd and 4th generation pilots

Reply to soryang (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2018, 12:23 AM

Aug 2018

The last B-52 was built in 1963, so all of these birds are 55 years old or older, and the Air Force expects to keep using them into the 2050s.

Compare that to the newer B-1, built as recently as 1988, which the Air Force has in about the same quantity as B-52s , and plans to discontinue by 2030. And the even newer B-2, built until 2000, of which the Air Force has just 20, and plans to retire in 2032.

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These planes are being flown by 3rd and 4th generation pilots JayhawkSD Aug 2018 #3

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