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Yes and no...Marshall_Stack said:How does the B-52 able to remain in service for so long (and until 2025) when parts are no longer made for the craft? I understand that many pieces are available from the boneyards, but what about the structure and wings? Don't these have a limited amount of time until structural fatigue would set into the meta?
They may last well beyond 2025....Marshall_Stack said:Thanks for the info Flyboy. I'm still amazed that they can last so long.
Don't forget vomit!Dac said:From what I've read the crew compartments in the BUFFs smell pretty funky from the years of box lunches and chemical toilets.
The smell of Freedom I guess.
plan_D said:It is an amazing photo. And proves the B-52 can do these low-level attacks with ease, no matter their size. On the note of the Tornados, the RAF still does have some of the worlds best pilots. When they first entered service my dad was in 22 Sqdn. SAR Wing, once on a flight over one of the training grounds where some idiots had gotten lost and had to be rescued the Tornados were training. My dad and the poor Wessex they were flying in at 100 ft. had Tornados flying above them, to the side of them, behind them, toward them, and under them! Some of the pyscho Tornado pilots were playing chicken with the Wessex and breaking off at the last minute to fly under them AND THEY WERE AT 100 Feet!
plan_D said:During a few exercises my dad was 'attacked' by Buccaneers flying in at 10-20 feet.