re: The "Ghost Rider" B-52 Rises From The Grave To Ride Again

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They are going to paint it, aren't they?

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Yes. We brought that jet out of the boneyard to replace one that got severely damaged by fire in a ground mishap. It would have cost about $40 million dollars to fix the damaged jet and only about $13 million to bring this one out of the boneyard. The aircraft in question, serial number 61-0007, was sent to the boneyard without several major upgrades the B-52 has seen over the last 10 years. The damaged jet had those upgrades, so the upgrade parts from the damaged jet will be transferred to 61-0007. After that is complete, 61-0007 will go through a full Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) cycle where they tear the jet down to bare bones, do a lot of inspections, fix issues not able to be addressed in the field, and have an extensive "re-wiring" done to the electrical wiring through the aircraft. A fresh paint job is part of PDM for every jet and this one will be get that as well. We expect this jet to be permanently back in the fleet by next fall.

Edited for grammar error I just saw.