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displacedvermoter

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15. Those planes are all 60+ years old.

Reply to caraher (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 07:41 PM

18 hrs ago

I wonder how much more tinkering they can do. Much more complicated aircraft than the venerable A10, which keeps getting returned from scrap heap.

Good luck to those flying these very old remnants of an earlier time. Think Slim Pickens...

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Air Force B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California [View all] BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago OP

Just saw something about new Rolls Royce engines being fitted to the B52s displacedvermoter 22 hrs ago #1

CNN has a video... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #4

Probably a different kind of test caraher 19 hrs ago #11

Those planes are all 60+ years old. displacedvermoter 18 hrs ago #15

This flight apparently was a test of an upgraded radar system caraher 17 hrs ago #16

Could be. The point of that retrofit is Bluetus 13 hrs ago #20

Very interesting, thank you... displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #25

They are impressive, and flying any craft productively for 100 years is mind-boggling Bluetus 3 hrs ago #30

Navy doesn't have any 60 year old warships or subs, displacedvermoter 3 hrs ago #31

This would never be allowed with commercial airlines Bluetus 2 hrs ago #32

419th Flight Test Squadron LudwigPastorius 22 hrs ago #2

I was looking at a local LA station's video feed of the base and runways BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #3

Truly disintegrated. 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #5

I saw that all 12 aboard died---correction, 8. C Moon 14 hrs ago #17

I posted a news piece about it... 2naSalit 14 hrs ago #18

Yes, very sad. C Moon 14 hrs ago #19

Yep...and it said a normal crew of five. This one had eight aboard. Bengus81 7 hrs ago #22

Engineers testing the new equipment, trainers displacedvermoter 5 hrs ago #26

Damn irisblue 21 hrs ago #6

Holy crap! Strength to all affected! electric_blue68 21 hrs ago #7

Odd that the U.S. would lose a long range strategic bomber the same day as Russia OnlinePoker 21 hrs ago #8

These airframes are so old I'm suprised sdfernando 20 hrs ago #9

Right. And now they are trying to extend them to 2050 (that's right at 100 years of service) Bluetus 13 hrs ago #21

8 crew members believed dead after B-52 bomber crashes at California's Edwards Air Force Base chowder66 19 hrs ago #10

‪@meidastouch.com‬ � 24m TRAGIC NEWS: Eight crew members are believed to have been killed after a U.S. Air Force B-52 riversedge 18 hrs ago #12

💔💔💔 ultralite001 18 hrs ago #13

""Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable," the base said." riversedge 18 hrs ago #14

B52-s were stationed in Wichita at McConnell for decades when it was a SAC base. Bengus81 7 hrs ago #23

They would often fly in to what became Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #24

They don't make 'em like that anymore..... JohnnyRingo 4 hrs ago #27

I have to ask this question... ColoradoHoosier 4 hrs ago #28

Since they are designed for long haul trips BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #29