leem@devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger) (06/04/91)
From: leem@devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger) fcrary@lightning.Berkeley.EDU (Frank Crary) writes: >Would this same logic not alos apply to the B-52 during the Viet Nam War? >This did not, however, prevent B-52's from being used there... This does not necessarily apply to the B-52's in Vietnam. There were then in the USAF inventory more than 700 B-52's. For the first few years, only -B and -D versions were sent to SE Asia. These were the oldest and least valuable of the B-52's in the strategic sense and in addition, they were only about 100 of the existing 700 a/c fleet. Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/354-1163 FTS 792-1163 leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV