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Posted on 9/18/14 at 6:02 am to themunch
Another Black Hills Bandit. 
Posted on 9/18/14 at 7:21 am to 4LSU2
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It's amazing how old those bombers are and what they've carried over their lifetime.
There are pilots who could be flying the same (although revamped) airplane that their grandfathers flew...pretty neat to think about.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 7:42 am to LSU0358
Well if it's a 35 hour round trip mission then the bombs should be hitting in a few hours once it's night time in Syria/Iraq! 
Posted on 9/18/14 at 1:37 pm to Zahrim
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or supporters...
Gazzi, trackfan, CT, (still banned) Toothpick...
Toothpick would be on the opposite end of the spectrum from those other fellows, you unhinged moonbat loon!
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:45 pm to Zach
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B-52s at Barksdale...a coincidence?
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I wonder where they are going.
headin' down the Atlanta highway
Lookin' for the love getaway
Headed for the love getaway
I got me a car, it's as big as a whale
And we're headin' on down to the Love Shack
This post was edited on 9/18/14 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:57 pm to 4LSU2
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It's amazing how old those bombers are and what they've carried over their lifetime.
Wow. I had no idea that this thread went on after my bed time. Yeah, the B-52s were supposed to last only a few years. There were several prototypes made to replace them. But they were scrapped because they weren't as good.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 2:59 pm to StrangeBrew
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Zach do you remember the SR71's flying over New Iberia on their way to Cuba during the missile crisis? Once you heard the boom it was too late.
No. I was busy trying to convince my mom that stocking the closet with water and canned food for the coming nuclear war was useless.
There was a Navy Air Base in New Iberia back then but it was closed down and turned into a research center that experimented on apes. Became a big issue regarding animal rights. I saw it first hand. The apes were not treated well at all.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 3:00 pm to Jbird
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Minot AFB North Dakota.
Home town of Dale Brown, LSU BB coach!
Posted on 9/18/14 at 3:12 pm to Zach
Question for you B-52 types on this board: Is the B-52 the most appropriate platform to hit Syria and/or Iraq?
For whatever reason, I see this conflict being more conducive to the AC-130 Spectre gunships, A-10s, B1s, and other fighters. Again, I don't know, but aren't B-52s better for fixed targets vs. mobile columns?
For whatever reason, I see this conflict being more conducive to the AC-130 Spectre gunships, A-10s, B1s, and other fighters. Again, I don't know, but aren't B-52s better for fixed targets vs. mobile columns?
Posted on 9/18/14 at 3:16 pm to TheGreat318
B-52s gon dump some payload.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 4:06 pm to themunch
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B-52s gon dump some payload.
I take it they will be dropping guided bombs or some type of cruise missiles?
Posted on 9/18/14 at 4:13 pm to Zach
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the B-52s were supposed to last only a few years. There were several prototypes made to replace them. But they were scrapped because they weren't as good.
I believe they had a rust problem with their tin roofs.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 4:14 pm to PsychTiger
Posted on 9/18/14 at 4:37 pm to Jarlaxle
B-52s remind us all that it is better to give than receive.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 8:57 pm to Jarlaxle
quote:Yes, yes they will.
I take it they will be dropping guided bombs or some type of cruise missiles?
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:40 pm to Jbird
My dad flew bombers in WW2, Korea, and early Viet Nam. When I was a little kid in the 60's he would fly from Barksdale to Korea or the Phillipines OR to North Africa often. They can go that far, the B-52's can be refueled in the air also. We were from Bastrop.La and in the AF Reserves and flying out of Barksdale was routine then. I think these are going to Iraq. The planes do fly in a straight line, but from point to point. They could fly north to a point and then turn to cross the Atlantic in a flight plan.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:45 pm to TupeloTiger
With tankers the Buffs can go anywhere.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:47 pm to Jbird
So, are we about to level some sand lots?
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