US is Testing Brand New B-52s to Fly for a Full Century
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2024
- Hyper-speed bombers, sixth-generation stealth fighters, and combat drones - all this undoubtedly looks impressive and seemingly leaves no chance for any of the technologies from the past. However, there are such aircraft that still make for excellent competition in the face of all these “new recruits”. One of these is the B-52 Stratofortess, a bomber that has been in service for more than 70 years, but even now it is still considered one of the strongest in the world!
Today you’ll be learning more about the most famous, powerful, and unique aircraft from the Cold War era - you’ll be surprised at what records it managed to set, and how it’s set to be modernized!
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The B-52H models (the current model) no longer have a tail gun/tail gunner. I don't recall exactly when this happened but it wasn't that long ago. I spent 4 years in a B-52 bomber wing in B-52G models.
Now think about this, The first B-52 flew in 1952. That's only 7 years after WW2 ended. And 72 years later the B-52H models are still flying and fighting. Back in 1952 Boeing knew exactly how to build products to be proud of!!
Not brand new just new engines that's all
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The B-52 is as old as me. It will make it another few years, but not as a first strike aircraft. It will only fly when the U.S. has had air dominance and has suppressed antiaircraft systems of the enemy. Then it will be an area devastation system, taking out entire military complexes and government complexes. (MOABs)
Yo Militaist. The Air Force had a B-52 Navigation School at Rancho Cordova, CA. I saw and heard many a BUFF take off and land. Magnificent! jimmy
Keep your eye out for tail No. 0005. It was my favorite when it was new.
Still capable of cost effective upgrade. End of story!
What? “In the mid-80s B-52‘s were equipped to carry non-nuclear weapons“. What were they carrying during the Vietnam War nuclear weapons? I think not. Sloppy, sloppy script writing
The text earlier mentioned B-52 use in almost every conflict. For the record, nuclear weapons have yet to be deployed by B-52’s in combat. What the text which drew your objection referred to was the development of non-nuclear missiles, which required platform modifications. Free fall bombs, which did not, had already been covered.
D’s F’s and G’s carried conventional weapons in Vietnam. The G’ went back to nuclear alert after the war, and by the early 80’s all tall tail B52’s were retired. The G were put back to conventional weapons in the mid to lat 80’s and used in the Gulf War. The H’s never carried conventional weapons until after the Gulf War and the G’s were retired.
@@larry648 - During GWI I received a BDA photo of a B-52 strike on a bunkered Iraqi ammunition dump (was at ODCSI, HQ USAREUR at the time - half the U. S. ground forces were ours). Didn’t hit a single bunker. Waste of ordnance. Have long considered carpet bombing a waste of time as the post-WWII Strategic Bombing Survey concluded bombing cities tended to harden civilian populations not inspire them to surrender. Today, B-52’s are good for stand off precision weapons delivery and nothing else. Wouldn’t mind seeing them configured for anti-ship missions, like the old TU-16’s, TU-22’s (Blinder and Backfire), and TU-95’s.
@@varonmullis5255 they are capable of launching Harpoons off the pylons and dropping naval mines. G’s out of Griffiss AFB used to have Harpoons on alert. The best thing for them now is cruise misses and the AGM 154 standoff munition.
@@larry648 I remember reading about the naval mines long, long ago, and thought it a great idea. Unfortunately, the AGM-154 has a max range well within the range of current air-to-air missiles. What I mean about stand-off munitions requires hundreds of miles range. When I was stationed at NSA in the late 70’s I used to watch our carriers do ocean transits while being tailed by the Soviet bombers which were armed with supersonic, nuclear air-to-surface missiles. Instead of CVN (Carrier Aviation Nuclear) I called them LSD (Large Sitting Duck). Today the bombers have joined the LSD ranks. Warfare ain’t what it used to be, and never again will be. My Air Force father used to tell me stories of running B-52’s on coal dust instead of jet fuel (experimental fuel - it worked but why bother?). SAM’s have gotten better, too. The last A50 (IL-76 AWCS) shot down by Ukraine was supposedly by an SA-5 leftover from the Soviet days, outside the AGM-154 range. Go long or stay at home.
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