"After 60 Years, B-52s Still Dominate U.S. Fleet" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Dec 2015 10:31 p.m. PST |
"OVER THE GREAT PLAINS — Glance down from the ageless expanse of blue sky into the cockpit of the Air Force's largest bomber, and the panorama is decidedly more dated — banks of steam gauges quiver above aluminum levers built during the Eisenhower administration, obsolete knobs and dials unused in decades gather dust. And much of the rest of the mammoth B-52 bomber is just as antiquated. Vacuum tubes have been replaced with microchips, and the once-standard ashtrays are gone. But eight engines along the wings still connect to the cockpit by yards of cables and pulleys, and the navigator often charts a course with a slide rule. "It's like stepping back in time," said Capt. Lance Adsit, 28, the pilot. He banked left to start a mock bombing run, wrestling a control yoke forged decades before he was born. Time had stripped it entirely of paint. "I love the B-52," Captain Adsit said. "But the fact that this is still flying is really insane."…"
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 FingerandToeGlenn  | 07 Dec 2015 11:06 p.m. PST |
First time I saw one I was 12 in 1959 at Ramey AB in Puerto Rico. I thought "How small!" Now I think, How old! |
 Legion 4  | 08 Dec 2015 6:58 a.m. PST |
You just can beat it for a weapons platform … for the price vs. the B1 and B2. Albeit, the BUFFs have been upgraded and updated many times … |
| Lion in the Stars | 08 Dec 2015 9:16 a.m. PST |
The BONE actually beats it for weapons capacity (75klbs internal!), but the BUFF has had the laser target designators for a lot longer. BUFFs are also a lot more intimidating when providing CAS, apparently. Not as good as a quartet of A10s on a gun run, but send a single BUFF to overfly a village at 500ft AGL and all the resistance seems to evaporate! |
| Andrew Walters | 08 Dec 2015 9:41 a.m. PST |
The Browning M-2 .50 cal and the Browning M1911 automatic are still around. if you design something right it will be around a long time. People still play The Sword And The Flame. |
| 15th Hussar | 08 Dec 2015 10:45 a.m. PST |
People still play The Sword And The Flame… …with Man Eating Sharks having "FR&%$#@" Laser beams on their heads! Sorry, suffering from a Linear Phase Shift from the Falklands thread above!  |
| Legion 4 | 08 Dec 2015 2:34 p.m. PST |
Yes, both the B-1 and B-2 can carry more ordinance than BUFF … But they are newer … |
| BattlerBritain | 10 Dec 2015 5:19 a.m. PST |
A good article on the BUFF from the Beeb…
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| Great War Ace | 10 Dec 2015 8:00 a.m. PST |
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