Another Buff Reactivated...

[Silberpfeil]

From this morning's AvWeb Flash E-zine, a B-52H named "Wise Guy" was delivered to Barksdale this past week from being parked a little over ten years at Davis-Monthan.  This is the second B-52H to escape the boneyard, and when fully refurbished, "Wise Guy" will become the 76th B-52H in USAF service.  The article also included an interesting video on the B-52, but the audio part could have been done a lot better!  See the link below:

 

[warthog64]

That plane will out live all of us. 

[russouk2004]

I saw somewhere it said its hoped the Buff will see service for 100yrs...not far off that now...love the Buff...awesome bit of kit and engineering magic.

[Coupi]

Old good guys never die !

Edited May 16, 2019 by Coupi

[fallenphoenix1986]

"When the last B-2 flies off to the boneyard they'll send a B-52 to pick up the crew."

[RUSTYMORLEY]

It is a testament to its usefulness and power that the B-52 has managed to last so long. The B-52 is a truly awesome aircraft which can travel enormous distances and deliver a massive blow against an enemy position more or less in any part of the world. Hell it's even got a rock band named after it.