re: B-52 Stratofortress, how is it still in service?

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Growing up in Bossier, it's like second nature to have them flying low and loud.

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There was once a motel on what was known as the "Bossier Strip" across the street from the end of runway at Barksdale. I stayed at the motel a couple of times, and during one stay there was a SAC drill, the B-52s and KC135 tankers took of 15 seconds apart for what seemed like 2 hours. They were so low when they came over the motel that the landing gear was still down, the noise was incredible even on the bottom of the deep end of the swimming pool. A few years later the roof of that motel's lobby and restaurant collapsed. It was theorized that fatigue caused by the vibration from the planes taking off for decades caused the collapse.