Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Aug 2006 04:55:17 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

The B-1 is awesome! I've never quite figured out why the B-52 still
seems to grab most of the glory whenever there's a fight, cuz the B-1
is just soo much more cool.

It's just old age and treachery overcoming youth and skill. :-)

The B-52 is the only front-line combat aircraft in the world where you can ask
your grandfather for advice on how to fly it.

The B-52s were built right after WWII, the aluminum they're built of came from
thousands of scrapped B-17s, B-24s, and P-51. It literally has combat in its
blood.

Not to pick a nit, but the USAF is only flying B-52H which were made
in the early 1960s.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired