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In response to "This is fine. -- (link)" by ReluctantCynic

I was going to crack wise about the generations difference between the bomber and interceptor but the I remembered that the US still flies the B-52

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Jun 10 '20, 11:57

as our primary bomber. As well as plans to fly them into 2050 which would make them our first century airplane

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those refueling tanker planes date back to the Korean war and are still prop planes, plans for new jets have been throttled in corrupt bidding 20 year -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 10, 12:00 4
- Tankers are a mess but they're a little more recent than that 8-) They've been jets since uh, well 707 days but - JD Jun 10, 12:06 1
  - I live just off the end of the runway at McChord afb, they still fly the kc135 for the cargo jets support -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 10, 13:06
- but we don't bomb like that anymore, now we fire cruise missles from 1000 miles away, use stealth jets for smart bomb targeting -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 10, 12:02 1
  - That cruise missile thing is one of the missions that keeps the B-52s as part of the active inventory -- nm - JD Jun 10, 12:08

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