B-52

[dlbleak]

Rock Lobster...pops into my head

 

[okierider]

Love shack!!

 

[n423]

 

[Glocktogo]

Yesterday afternoon, I looked up and saw a B-52 flying over east Broken Arrow.
Saw it but never heard it.

This is the first I've ever seen in the air.
Direction was south east.

Is this normal for this area?

You should see on flying below you. Spooky.

 

[aarondhgraham]

Aren't there some B52's stationed at Vance AFB?

I'm certain I read that somewhere recently.

Aarond

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[DRC458]

Aren't there some B52's stationed at Vance AFB?

I'm certain I read that somewhere recently.

Aarond

.

No. And, never have been.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Rock Lobster...pops into my head

Me too
There goes a Narwhal
Eee uuu eee uuu

 

[SoonerP226]

Most of you know B-52s are periodically refurbished at USAF maintenance depots like Tinker AFB . Even while the Air Force works on a new bomber, it intends to keep the B-52H in service until 2045, nearly 90 years after the B-52 first entered service, an unprecedented length of service for any aircraft, civilian or military.

They say that when the last B-1 is dropped off at the boneyard, a B-52 will be there to pick up the crew and bring them back.

It's pretty surreal to think that some B-52 pilots are flying their grandfather's plane. Not the same type, but the actual same aircraft...

 

[davek]

2045? Now they are thinking late 2050's https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/12/22/air-force-solidifies-options-for-b-52-engine-replacement/

 

[xseler]

I live about 4 miles from Tinker. See the B-52's enough that I don't even notice them anymore...…well, if I do look and the nose is in a downward attitude while the flight is level, it's a B-52. The newest ones were manufactured in 1963 --- 1963!! They are the 'Cher' of the aviation world.

The operational readiness of the B-1's are atrocious at best. The B-52's are probably the best 'bang for the buck' of any past or current military system.