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displacedvermoter

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15. Those planes are all 60+ years old.

Reply to caraher (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 07:41 PM

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I wonder how much more tinkering they can do. Much more complicated aircraft than the venerable A10, which keeps getting returned from scrap heap.

Good luck to those flying these very old remnants of an earlier time. Think Slim Pickens...

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Air Force B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP

Just saw something about new Rolls Royce engines being fitted to the B52s displacedvermoter Monday #1

CNN has a video... 2naSalit Monday #4

Probably a different kind of test caraher Monday #11

Those planes are all 60+ years old. displacedvermoter Monday #15

This flight apparently was a test of an upgraded radar system caraher Monday #16

Could be. The point of that retrofit is Bluetus Tuesday #20

Very interesting, thank you... displacedvermoter Tuesday #25

They are impressive, and flying any craft productively for 100 years is mind-boggling Bluetus Tuesday #30

Navy doesn't have any 60 year old warships or subs, displacedvermoter Tuesday #31

This would never be allowed with commercial airlines Bluetus Tuesday #32

419th Flight Test Squadron LudwigPastorius Monday #2

I was looking at a local LA station's video feed of the base and runways BumRushDaShow Monday #3

Truly disintegrated. 2naSalit Monday #5

I saw that all 12 aboard died---correction, 8. C Moon Monday #17

I posted a news piece about it... 2naSalit Monday #18

Yes, very sad. C Moon Monday #19

Yep...and it said a normal crew of five. This one had eight aboard. Bengus81 Tuesday #22

Engineers testing the new equipment, trainers displacedvermoter Tuesday #26

Damn irisblue Monday #6

Holy crap! Strength to all affected! electric_blue68 Monday #7

Odd that the U.S. would lose a long range strategic bomber the same day as Russia OnlinePoker Monday #8

These airframes are so old I'm suprised sdfernando Monday #9

Right. And now they are trying to extend them to 2050 (that's right at 100 years of service) Bluetus Tuesday #21

8 crew members believed dead after B-52 bomber crashes at California's Edwards Air Force Base chowder66 Monday #10

‪@meidastouch.com‬ � 24m TRAGIC NEWS: Eight crew members are believed to have been killed after a U.S. Air Force B-52 riversedge Monday #12

💔💔💔 ultralite001 Monday #13

""Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable," the base said." riversedge Monday #14

B52-s were stationed in Wichita at McConnell for decades when it was a SAC base. Bengus81 Tuesday #23

They would often fly in to what became Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst BumRushDaShow Tuesday #24

They don't make 'em like that anymore..... JohnnyRingo Tuesday #27

I have to ask this question... ColoradoHoosier Tuesday #28

Since they are designed for long haul trips BumRushDaShow Tuesday #29