03-31-2008, 18:30 PM
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Join Date: 09-15-06
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
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Originally Posted by Albany Rifles
The Bear has put millions of dead dinosaurs through its exhaust stubs, but how many comabt mission has it flown? How many bombs have been dropped form Bears in the last 3 years? Heck, the Vulcan has probably dropped more bombs in anger!
I simply do not know.
Actually, I believe the Bear saw some action with the Inidan Air Force, but I could be wrong. But what combat operations has it undertaken?
Again, I don't know. There must be some accurate source where this information can be found, but I have yet to discover it.
My point being a lot of what the Bear may be able to do the BUFF has been doing pretty constantly since 1955.
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They have both been active since 1955. Bears are mostly (not exclusively) for long range maritime missions. No-one has yet mentioned the Bears engines. They have been the worlds most powerful turboprops for well over half a century. Only 4 are needed to propel the Bear at similar speed to the BUFF - and let us not forget that the B-52 needs 8 engines. 
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