They plan on keeping the B-52 around into the 2050s and They’ll be retiring the B1 and B2 in the early 2030s. Meanwhile the BUFF will still be chugging along. Having outlived its replacement. And its replacements replacement.
Though I really wouldn’t put it past them to retrofit them again in like 2040 to extend the service life till 2100.
Much like how one of the first guns that’ll probably get strapped to the first Space Marine dropships will be the Browning 50.
Try 70 years. Exactly. In 1954 the first 3 were delivered.
When I went into the USAF I actually wanted to be a B-52 tail gunner. I got a computer job instead. Would've been fun though...
They plan on keeping the B-52 around into the 2050s and They’ll be retiring the B1 and B2 in the early 2030s. Meanwhile the BUFF will still be chugging along. Having outlived its replacement. And its replacements replacement.
Though I really wouldn’t put it past them to retrofit them again in like 2040 to extend the service life till 2100.
Much like how one of the first guns that’ll probably get strapped to the first Space Marine dropships will be the Browning 50.