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Tango01 | 22 Dec 2015 4:04 p.m. PST |
…Bomber Fleet. "The latest installment of the Republican presidential debate last week saw an unlikely object become the scorn of GOP attacks: the B-52 strategic bomber. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush began the assault, lamenting the U.S. military has "a lack of readiness that is quite scary. We have planes that…Harry Truman inaugurated, the B-52." Followed soon thereafter by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who said, "our Military needs to be upgraded…Our B-52 bombers -- 50 years old…You know, if we don't get the military right nothing else matters." Finally, also speaking to military readiness, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) added, "The air component…needs to be modernized. The B-52…is an outdated model that was flown by the grandparents of people that are flying it now." In fact, the B-52 was last manufactured in 1962, leading President Ronald Reagan to call for the aircraft to be replaced in 1982, cautioning, "Many of our B-52 bombers are now older than the pilots who fly them." Yet, thirty-three years later, the Air Force plans to extend the operational life span of the bomber until at least 2040 and possibly see it fly into its 100th year of service – or beyond…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
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