The Scary Processes of Repairing US Air Force Gigantic Bomber

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31 thoughts on “The Scary Processes of Repairing US Air Force Gigantic Bomber”

  4. I'd be more concerned with the airframe and its age than anything external that can be easily patched, repaired or replaced. And as far as bomb loads the B52's 70,000 pounds total bomb load is made to look small when compared to the bomb load of the Rockwell B1, which can carry 125,000 pounds of bombs.

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  11. That's why Boeing is the best designer/ builder of aircraft in the world. I worked in the airlines for 45+ years & a good portion of that on the 747. If they're properly maintained they'll last forever. I am amazed at the basic structure of the wings though. Those wing spars must really be something. If anything is going to fail, it's usually those, when talking about something that would make a plane fall out of the sky.
    Airbus, on the other hand are junk. When my airline first got the A320s, we called them "Hugos with wings". And when they went in for their first heavy maintenance, we had to replace whole seat tracks because unlike Boeing, we couldn't replace just the damaged pieces. They're 20' long !

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  13. Just a normal day for a crew chief…..I was a CC on F-4Cs but always loved the B-52. Many years after leaving the USAF a B-52 crew chief Tsgt allowed me to go up to the cockpit with him and showed me the various stations. This was at an airshow at NAS Oceana, and I wanted to send him some FDNY patches as he had given me a squadron patch from his unit ( Louisiana ). I was a recently retired FDNY Fireman and this aircraft had both the FDNY and NYPD emblems painted on it's nose. I lost his address and couldn't contact him. Sorry man….thanks so much brother !

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  20. I miss the Cold War. We knew the enemy and had his address. If he attacked us, we knew where to send a condolence card because we would practically wipe him out.
    Now, where would we deliver out kt-mt care packages?
    If the B-52 can last up to one hundred years, I don't understand why the C-141s were all scrapped save a few on static display. With all the times they went to depot maintenance, they should also still be flying.
    Former crew chief C-141B.

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  23. I know this guy who was in the USaf his name was Calvin Clark his did his training in texas the roswell them moved to UK were he stayed until he passes away his job was working on the b52s on the instruments

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