IO80914%MAINE.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu (Sloth) (02/27/91)
From: Sloth <IO80914%MAINE.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu> > Alan Hepburn >> Mary Shafer >>The F-117 is really a replacement for the F-111 and the B-2 is a >>replacement for the B-52, so think of it in this way. >Actually, I don't think we will ever see a replacement for the ole BUFF. >Congress should declare the B-52 an endangered species and make it >a felony for anyone to damage or destroy one. :-) Don't laugh. An article from JDW stated that, "it is now estimated that with continued modifications the plane can remain on active duty until 2035, 80 years after the first B-52 was delivered to the Air Force." Why not keep them another 45 years? Given the advances in munitions guidance & delivery, saturation bombing may become obsolete in a few decades (if it's not already). There's no reason to waste money on a new heavy bomber when we already have a perfectly capable one that will most likely outlive the mission it was designed for. ]:-)> ---> Malcolm Fuller Email: io00672@maine.bitnet Surveying Engineering Department malcolmf@mecan1.bitnet University of Maine Malo Periculosam Libertatem Quam Quietam Servitutem