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

Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:10 am to
Posted by IceTiger
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 2/17/18 at 1:10 am to
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The AF is working on regenerating one from the "Boneyard" next year, but that is TBD.


AMARG is picked dry for a bunch of parts...
Are there even any ejection seats left?

It'd be cool to recover one, but I just don't see it.
Posted by bigwheel
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Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 2/17/18 at 7:30 am to
Just googled, there were 742 built, last built in 1963, however , bed modified many time. One other thing there were over 2000 B47s built, recall reading in the Cuba crisis , 1k B47 were on alert & 500 B52s were on alert
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