Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hplabsb!bl From: bl@hplabsb.UUCP (Bruce T. Lowerre) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: dead B-52's? Message-ID: <2509@hplabsb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 20:37:26 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabsb.2509 Posted: Fri Sep 14 20:37:26 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 02:38:57 EDT Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 5 Prior to 1965, the B-52 was obsolete. But then came Viet Nam and the venerable old bird proved herself as a conventional bomber. Currently, the B-52 is enjoying a resurgence as a cruise missle carrier. They may still last for a few years if the wings don't keep falling off while they sit on the ground.