Disgrace...Pui...!

Check out this view of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber refueling after returning from a 2003 mission in Iraq with empty bomb racks under its wings. (Jockel Finck / Associated Press)

The 45 year old Rockwell B-1B Lancer aircraft and the 30 year old Northrop B-2 Spirit aircraft are being retired. They are to be replaced by the new B-21 Raider. While this new model is being developed, the 70 year old Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft acts as a back-up.

This scene above clearly puts the innovators of the 70 year old Boeing B-52 Stratofortress well AHEAD of its time. This is incomparable to those of 45 year old Rockwell B-1B Lancer and the 30 year old Northrop B-2 Spirit aircrafts of their times... Pui...! 

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is the LONGEST longest serving combat aircraft, EVER! Even more amazing is that 70 year old Boeing B-52 Stratofortress will most likely to be in FULL service well into its 100th year! 

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US AIR FORCE'S NEW BOMBER WILL RETIRE THE B-1 AND B-2, BUT KEEP THE B-52 FLYING FOR 90 YEARS (2019) [Online] Insider. Available from: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-forces-budget-retire-b-1-b-2-keep-the-b-52-2018-2?fbclid=IwAR0cefxkXEpg1N6Pm3QL5QLT4g7DrvkML5sfQWiOUnSy5aqtU_JyPRXXHVg

[Accessed: 30 NOV 2019]

WHY THE B-52 WILL FLY FOR 100 YEARS (2019) [Online] Los Angeles Times. Available from: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-b-52-air-force-20180215-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2gOY6WCoswWryv17yYXO7z5dWPjG-zfz4huSyC4HJTAecdFcWTWe_lyP8

[Accessed: 30  NOV 2019]