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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well basically we have rockets now. If we want to use more advanced technology we use that, or drones.

When we need bombs those old ones still do their job.

[–] Marafon 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Excuse me, this is NCD. I'm gonna need you to dumb that answer down and make it substantially less factual.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Old bombers are fucking awesome and you show the bad guy that you have balls of steel by dropping balls of steel on their fancy doormat instead of some virgin rockets or drones.

[–] Socsa 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] nuke 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Try? I'm no fuckin quitter

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

To shreds you say.

[–] Marafon 9 points 1 month ago

I don't kiss and tell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Ain't got no hips.

[–] nuke 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Hideakikarate 4 points 1 month ago

Buff and Franklin!

[–] ArbitraryValue 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Russia is still flying the Tu-95. I think it's the champion here.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if you consider H-6 a variant of Tu-16, then all three had first flight in 1952

[–] ArbitraryValue 10 points 1 month ago

True, but in the case of a tie I would still give the victory to the Tu-95 because it has propellers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turns out stealth bombers are expensive and large super fast bombers are expensive and not much better. So we just keep ticking the old frames over while we slowly build up generations of stealth bombers.

For what it's worth the B52 will eventually get phased out by the B21. I think they just want some of that savings from not running so many different airframes.

[–] vaultdweller013 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The question is will the B52 make it over the century mark?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if they keep a few flying just to say they made it past 100. The plan for retirement is already pretty close to 100 years.

[–] vaultdweller013 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah it goes well with American pride at least, we have the oldest active duty naval vessel why not the a bomber that was made when vacuum tubes were the norm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Grandpa Buff and Franklin for President