TIL the last B-52 Bomber produced for the US left the factory 10/26/1962 - the same day as the climax of the Cuban Missile Crisis - they're still used 60 yrs later. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by GoGaslightYerself t3_11drrw2 on February 28, 2023 at 12:29 AM in todayilearned 47 comments 280
Singeezie t1_jac2jlg wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:29 AM The Air Force recently decided to extend the service life of the B-52 through the 2040s. At that point, some of the B-52 airframes will be 90 years old, making the planes considerably older than anyone flying them! Permalink 3
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