B-21

[MTShaw]

The B-21 will be revealed to the public on Dec 2nd.

B-21 Raider | Northrop Grumman

B-21 Raider, the future of long-range strike, will be capable of penetrating the toughest defenses to deliver precision strikes anywhere in the world.

www.northropgrumman.com

I hope this is not out of place on a Canadian forum.

 

[Good2Golf]

The B-21 will be revealed to the public on Dec 2nd.

B-21 Raider | Northrop Grumman

B-21 Raider, the future of long-range strike, will be capable of penetrating the toughest defenses to deliver precision strikes anywhere in the world.

www.northropgrumman.com

I hope this is not out of place on a Canadian forum.

Not when it might have links to NORAD/Continental defenc/se….

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I am a bit intrigued…

 

[OldSolduer]

I am a bit intrigued…

I echo that.

Upgraded B2? That should only cost 4 billion per plane...

 

[Furniture]

I hope the launch video is a strike on somewhere Russia thinks is safe...

 

[dimsum]

I hope the launch video is a strike on somewhere Russia thinks is safe...

How to start WWIII in 3...2....1....

 

[FSTO]

Why?

 

[Furniture]

How to start WWIII in 3...2....1....

It doesn't have to be Russia itself, just somewhere Russia thinks the USA can't go undetected. Syria comes to mind off the top of my head.

 

[KevinB]

It doesn't have to be Russia itself, just somewhere Russia thinks the USA can't go undetected. Syria comes to mind off the top of my head.

Belarus

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Drop leaflets over the Red Square and the Kremlin

 

[KevinB]

It doesn't have to be Russia itself, just somewhere Russia thinks the USA can't go undetected. Syria comes to mind off the top of my head.

I think we can all agree that Iran has jumped the queue requesting to be a test subject.

 

[Furniture]

I think we can all agree that Iran has jumped the queue requesting to be a test subject.

Yeah, they seem to have conveniently made a target of themselves lately.

 

[OldSolduer]

Drop leaflets over the Red Square and the Kremlin

Been done already by a German teenager who avoided the "best air defence system in the world".

Mathias Rust - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Kirkhill]

B-1 - Gone (1974)
B-2 - Gone (1989)
B-21 - Coming on line (TBD)

B-52 - here, now and forever..... (1952)

Global Strike Command has said in the last few years it intends to devote its finite manpower and fiscal resources to a two-bomber force—the B-21 and B-52—and retire the B-1 and B-2, which have recorded middling mission capability rates in recent years.

B-1 and B-2 Bomber Spending to Dwindle as Focus Shifts to B-21, B-52

The Air Force's budget plans include minimal spending for the B-1 and B-2, as the service shifts focus to the B-21 and B-52.

www.airandspaceforces.com

My money says the CH-47 and the UH-60 designs will age just as well as the B-52

 

[Spencer100]

B-1 - Gone (1974)
B-2 - Gone (1989)
B-21 - Coming on line (TBD)

B-52 - here, now and forever..... (1952)

Global Strike Command has said in the last few years it intends to devote its finite manpower and fiscal resources to a two-bomber force—the B-21 and B-52—and retire the B-1 and B-2, which have recorded middling mission capability rates in recent years.

B-1 and B-2 Bomber Spending to Dwindle as Focus Shifts to B-21, B-52

The Air Force's budget plans include minimal spending for the B-1 and B-2, as the service shifts focus to the B-21 and B-52.

www.airandspaceforces.com

My money says the CH-47 and the UH-60 designs will age just as well as the B-52

The B-52X Salute and flyby on the retirement of the USS Enterprise-D

 

[BrianWL]

i have read the US plans on flying the B 52 into the 2050's, built in 1962. obviously well maintained, but I am surprised an airframe this old is still plugging away. any insight from the air force maintainers on how they manage this????

 

[OldSolduer]

i have read the US plans on flying the B 52 into the 2050's, built in 1962. obviously well maintained, but I am surprised an airframe this old is still plugging away. any insight from the air force maintainers on how they manage this????

I am NO expert but I think the airframe may have been overengineered - built a bit more robustly than other aircraft. When the B 52 was designed I THINK (just my thought here) the standard was for this thing to fly for extended hours and fly very far. Thus you have to have a tough airframe.

But like you said we need an aircraft maintenance type to weigh in.

 

[Spencer100]

I am NO expert but I think the airframe may have been overengineered - built a bit more robustly than other aircraft. When the B 52 was designed I THINK (just my thought here) the standard was for this thing to fly for extended hours and fly very far. Thus you have to have a tough airframe.

But like you said we need an aircraft maintenance type to weigh in.

Also a bit of Ship of Theseus thrown in too

 

[Kirkhill]

First Flight - 1957

From the Dawn of the Jet Age to Today - Why The Boeing 707 Is Still Mission Critical - AllClear

The Boeing 707 derivatives play an important role in the USAF and allied air-defense forces around the world. Which is why AllClear is fully committed to helping to keep 707 derivatives airworthy and mission-ready with the parts, supplies and expertise our partners depend on.

goallclear.com

Everything else in the air is an improved 707 - meaning it is made more quickly, cheaper and better.... Right?

The B-52 and 707 both came out of Boeing's shops.

 

[KevinB]

I am NO expert but I think the airframe may have been overengineered - built a bit more robustly than other aircraft. When the B 52 was designed I THINK (just my thought here) the standard was for this thing to fly for extended hours and fly very far. Thus you have to have a tough airframe.

But like you said we need an aircraft maintenance type to weigh in.

It was designed to take some ground AA large cal fire and missile shrapnel and still be able to deliver the goods...