[MilCom] Re: B-1 bomber crashes at base in Middle East/B-52

[NSAWC1]

>From monitoring KBAD I can say that the B-52's
generally return with a laundry list of code 3's. 
Safe to say that each year brings us much closer to an
urgency of a new technology and or aircraft to replace
the bomber element

 
> The ONE thing that could save the B-1B: even though
> the B-52's are clearly STILL a more capable aircraft
> for the current missions, they're O-L-D....and gotta
> run outta useable airframe hours eventually.  How
> many
> "boneyard spares" are useful for life extensions
> depends on what ages on the airframes. (and, we're
> only operating "H" models AFAIK so how many of the
> "boneyard spares" are even *compatible* is another
> question - "G" models, probably. Before that? Hard
> to
> say.)  The B-1B airframes are less numerous and thus
> have fewer spares but probably have nowhere NEAR the
> number of hours on them.



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