Sixty years on, the B-52 is still going strong

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Sixty years on, the B-52 is still going strong

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And, it keeps flying because it still is the most effective platform for the missions it performs!
Egad, can you see 100 yrs of flying? Great, great, grandsons of original crews could still be flying it!
Just an unbelievable record.
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