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    Das US-Militär sagt, dass seine 70 Jahre alten B-52-Bomber jetzt Überlandeinsätze fliegen, da die Luftüberlegenheit über Iran zunimmt


    Das US-Militär sagt, dass seine 70 Jahre alten B-52-Bomber jetzt Überlandeinsätze fliegen, da die Luftüberlegenheit über Iran zunimmt

    https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-superiority-iran-b52-overland-flights-general-2026-3

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    1. Dofolo on

      In theory S400 cannot go to their max ceiling … but someone is gambling big here I’d say.

    5. idespizeu on

      Surely its not 70 years old. The shell maybe? Its like rebuilding a mustang with a modern engine and running gear. I could be wrong

    7. TheOriginalBroCone on

      Redditors won’t like this since it might mean their fanfiction of Iran being this unstoppable model nation is just that, fiction. And a genuinely weird fiction at that

    8. l0st1nP4r4d1ce on

      Lol. 70 years old. They are basically the flying version of the ship of Theseus.

      Their purpose sucks, but they are rock solid at the job they do.

    9. Mean_Rule9823 on

      B-52s are the C-130s of the bomber fleet now.

      Its crazy how effective this airframe is at multiole roles.

      Goes to show you when you nailed a good design its damn near timeless.

    11. Ultra_Metal on

      Meanwhile, delusional idiots around the world think the Islamic Republic is winning after it lost its entire navy, its entire air force, most of its missiles, most of its drones, most of its military production capacity, and most of its leadership.

    14. CircumspectCapybara on

      Sounds very dangerous. It’s extremely risky to fly *overland* missions. At stand-off distance to launch some cruise missiles, sure, but flying overland is pretty dangerous for the slow, lumbering, and highly observable B-52.

      The US is the king of SEAD+DEAD, and all of Iran’s integrated air defense apparatus has been dismantled. But they still have plenty of dangerous unintegrated, ad-hoc point defense systems.

    15. Phillyfan10 on

      I know the context is horrible, but this so cool to me. A plane that is so well designed with such functionality that it still has a place in modern warfare after 70 years of rapid technological innovation.

      Not much you can really say that about, I’m sure.

    16. CompletelyPresent on

      Anything to distract from the evidence that the president raped children.

    17. coredenale on

      Oh man, a quarter century ago, I actually worked on a flight sim call B-17 Flying Fortress. Landing that thing without crashing with all the realism variables turned on was crazy challenging. As with any landing you had to achieve the right airspeed, line up the runway, and get the nose up a little, but as you decelerated, the aerodynamics of the plane were no longer enough to fly straight, I guess because of the torque from the props, which would shunt you off the the side (right side if I remember correctly) such that as you slowed and got closer to the ground you had to steer more and more left to compensate, while still holding fast with everything else.

      I think I only successfully landed it once.

    18. [deleted] on

      Legendary airframe. Name one other airframe that has been in service 70 years and is still elite! These B-52s likely at least have EW escorts and fighter escorts. Probably much more cost effective and efficient running these overland versus the more expensive B-1s/B-2s.

    19. old_ass_ninja_turtle on

      They are good planes. Probably not necessary to redesign. Though, you could question how the airframe is holding up over 70 years.

    22. A-Halfpound on

      The US has lost AWACS, F35s, and many expensive drones in the past couple weeks. A feat unseen in the West.

      Mark my words, we will see a B52 go down soon as well. All for nothing. All for illegal orders. 

      Operation Epstein Fury is a failure.

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