This has to get done. People are talking about the possibility of the B52 flying until 2040, or later. I think that this will happen. The reason is pretty straight forward- what would replace it? More B2's? The next bomber? Both options are beyond affordable...

Wow.

Awesome pics.
Stupidly, I was thinking that you were going to show some adversarial action shots.
Until my brain kicked in...

Yup, it's designed for rough airfields. I wonder , however, about how that MTBF would suffer if they did it very much, though...

Nice beaver.

"You simply do not need a high-end stealth bomber to fight black and camo clad jihadis driving around in Toyota Hilux trucks."

I've never heard an SR-71 fly-pass, but I've heard the F-14 (an absolutely f-ing amazing 1-jet performance) and the F-4 up close. Those F-4s are batsh*t LOUD!!
See that black smoke coming from that inboard F4? That's LOUD smoke!!

no internet...

He also mentioned that it had better result in a kill. The implication being that it can give you a temporary advantage, perhaps just enough for a kill. So useful, but risky. Just like any speed-dumping maneuver.

Wow. Great article.

Apparently, in this case, revenge is a dish best served....
HOT!!

We've been jumping fighters out of worm holes for years now:

"...the U.S. should immediately transfer large stocks of precision guided munitions, targeting pods and spare parts to Jordanian forces..."

Hard to beat those big bastards.

an innocent f*cked up age...

and it is... history

a mini fat man!

maybe a bit before that

Okay. So I can see I'm jumping into a big pool of hate here, but I have to say something.

He's looks bored because he is constantly thinking that he made a bit of a mistake in his Ukraine adventure...